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Hank Aaron was offered by the New York #Giants and Boston #Braves in 1951.
"I had the Giants' contract in my hand. But the Braves offered fifty dollars a month more. That's the only thing that kept Willie Mays and me from being teammates – fifty dollars." #mlb #quotes #baseball

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Hank Aaron signed with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League in 1951. He played shortstop.

He earned $200 per month. After 3 months he got offered a contract from the Giants and Braves. #mlb #baseball #halloffame #goa

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Willie Mays, nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", was born in 1931 in Westfield, Alabama. He played for 22 seasons. He's one of the #GOAT.

Batting average .302
Hits3,283
Home runs660
Runs batted in1,903
Stolen bases338

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Josh Gibson was believed to be the greatest home run hitter of his time, and possibly of all time. African Americans were not allow to play major league baseball at that time. He died three months before the sport’s integration at the age of 35. #mlb #baseball #negroleagues100

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DiMaggio born Nov. 25, 1914. His parents, immigrants from Italy, moved to San Francisco when Joe was one. His father wanted Joe to become a fishermen like him. Joe showed great baseball skills and dropped out of school at 16. #mlb #baseball #yankees

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.... After his sophomore year, Gehrig signed with Yankees for a 1,500 dollar bonus. His father's illness forced him to abandoned his career to become an engineer. In an interview he said "there was no money coming in there was nothing for me to do but sign up." #mlb #yankees

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Lou Gehrig played baseball and football for Columbia College from 1921 to 1923l. Gehrig's hit record-breaking 400 foot home runs and even as a pitcher struck out 17 for the Lions... #mlb #ColumbiaUniversity #halloffame #yankees #goat

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1923 #Yankees Stadium #BabeRuth #OpeningDay #mlb #baseball

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Ted Williams, at age 42, homers in his final at-bat, connecting off Orioles’ Jack Fisher on Sept. 28, 1960, at Boston’s Fenway Park. #baseball #mlb #redsox #boston #fenway

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#BabeRuth first full year was 1915. As a pitcher he won 18 games, lost 7, compiled a 2.44 ERA and had 16 complete games. He also batted .315, hit 4 home runs and had 21 RBIs in only 92 at bats. Here's a team photo of the #Boston #RedSox. #Yankees #mlb #baseball

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The first World Series was played between the Pittsburgh #Pirates and the Boston Americans in 1903 and was a nine-game series. Boston won the series 5-3. #mlb #baseball