LETTER: My great uncle, a Jersey City native, was able to manage a young Hank Aaron
Hudson County View Hank Aaron and Ben Geraghty. Photo via irishbaseball.org. Dear Editor, I remember back in middle school I had the opportunity to bring in something very valuable to me for “Show and Tell.” I decided to bring Hank Aaron’s autobiography, “I Had a Hammer.” You see, my family had a special connection to this baseball great. My great uncle had the pleasure of managing him while he was a player on the Sally League Team, Jacksonville Braves. Ben Geraghty was like a patron saint to me, a man who faced insurmountable odds stacked against him and someone that li...
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