Aaron on Glavine: 'You Have to Be Gracious Enough to Step Aside'

by Terence MooreFiled under: Braves, MLB Hall of Fame, MLB MilestonesIt happens. Guys such as Tom Glavine spend much of their baseball careers shining brighter than the sun. Then, when nearly everything surrounding their stardom begins to dim near the end, they just won't leave.They don't want anybody to push them, either.Hank Aaron wasn't one of those guys."Believe me, I was ready to retire, and the game went, just like it did after Babe Ruth retired and when Willie Mays retired, and it's going to continue that way whether folks realize it or not," said Aaron, 75, baseball's legitimate home-run king, chuckling during an exclusive interview with FanHouse. He has spent the last three decades or so as an Atlanta Braves executive, a noted philanthropist through his Chasing the Dream Foundation and an eternal straight-shooter on all sorts of things.Aaron on Glavine: 'You Have to Be Gracious Enough to Step Aside' originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB B...