Hank Aaron announced the sale of the Atlanta Braves. In that announcement, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig also announced that Aaron would be playing a major role in the management of Braves, forming programs through major league baseball that will encourage the influx of minorities into baseball. Aaron founded the Hank Aaron Rookie League program. His autobiography, "I Had a Hammer" was published in 1990. The book's title is a play on his nickname, "The Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", and the title of the folk song "If I Had a Hammer". Aaron now owns Hank Aaron BMW of south Atlanta in Union City,
Aaron Holbert Aaron Holbert Aaron Keith Holbert (born January 9, 1973, in Torrance, California) is a former Major League Baseball infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. He was promoted from the Triple-A Louisville Bats, the Cincinnati Reds' highest minor league team, on August 16, , to replace Ryan Freel, who had been placed on the 15-day disabled list earlier that day. That marked the second time he had been on a regular season Major League roster, as he was on the roster of the St. Louis Cardinals for one game in , going 0 for 3. The gap of