Terry Pluto: A painful yet revealing memory of when I encountered Hank Aaron Updated Jan 31, 2021; Posted Jan 31, 2021 The Braves' Hank Aaron (44) stretches on the field with teammate Davey Johnson (6) at the team's spring training camp in West Palm Beach, Fla, March 16, 1974. Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio – There was so much I didn’t know. That’s what I think when looking back in the rearview mirror of my life and seeing the image of Hank Aaron, who died recently at the age of 86. The year was 1978. I was a rookie baseball writer for the Savannah Morning News, covering the Braves’ Class AA team in that Georgia seacoast town.