Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1934, Aaron's baseball career began in the Negro Leagues in 1952 before playing for the then-Milwaukee and later-Atlanta Braves from 1954 to 1974 and for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1975 to 1976.
He said that the team will "take on the identity of the city" and that when they get knocked down, "we are going to get up and on the way up we are going to bite a knee cap off." Source: