National Baseball Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda, Rod Carew and John Schuerholz were among those who talked about fellow Hall of Famer Hank Aaron - who died Friday at the age of 86 - during visits in recent years to the former Green Diamond Gallery in the Cincinnati suburb of Montgomery.
When asked what kind of teammates Aaron and Willie Mays were, Cepeda said, "Both were great ballplayers. Both could do everything - run, throw, hit. But they were just as good as teammates."
Carew said as a believer in the integrity of the game, he always respected players like Aaron, former New York Yankees great Roger Maris and former Cincinnati Reds star and Hall of Famer Barry Larkin. "They all got to the top of their profession, and they did it the honest way. They didn't cheat."
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