We can talk about baseball. Talk about politics. Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he’s treated. We have moved in the right direction, and there have been improvements, but we still have a long ways to go in the country. The bigger difference is that back then they had hoods. Now they have neckties and starched shirts.
- Hank Aaron told USA Today while discussing his road to beating Babe Ruth’s batting record. The baseball legend experienced the height of his career during the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, and says he still has much of the racist and threatening hate mail he received decades ago.