Joe Posnanski celebrates Hank Aaron’s birthday:

It is wonderful to know that Henry Aaron and the legendary hockey commentator Don Cherry were born on the same day in 1934. I always love it when two famous people who have absolutely nothing to do with each other are connected by a birthday. The most famous of these, I think, are Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, both born February 12, 1809.

If you include people who do have something to do with each other, Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas are a pretty amazing pair. Both were born May 27, 1968, became all-star first basemen and possible Hall of Famers.

Happy birthday to Hammerin’ Hank, 79 today.