Happy Heavenly Birthday To Baseball Legend Henry "Hank" Aaron! Happy Heavenly Birthday To Baseball Legend Henry "Hank" Aaron ...

A version of this story previously appeared on MiLB.com in 2007. We present it again as Minor League Baseball celebrates ...

Mantilla forged a deep relationship with teammate Hank Aaron — Aaron was godfather ... The older Felix became a board member of the Milwaukee Braves Historical Association and regularly attended ...

According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mantilla was one of a small handful of players alive who played on the Braves’ 1957 world championship team, famously anchored by a young Hank Aaron.

But Milwaukee never stopped being home for Mantilla ... Mantilla forged a deep relationship with teammate Hank Aaron — Aaron was godfather to the younger Felix "Tony" Mantilla — and the ...

Legendary MLB broadcaster and former Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves catcher Bob Uecker has died at the age of 90. We are saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Uecker, a legendary ambassador for our ...

1959 - John Quinn resigns as general manager of the Milwaukee Braves and immediately accepts a similar position with the Phillies. 1982 - Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are elected to the Hall of ...

Mantilla spent six seasons with the Milwaukee Braves, but his impact in the Wisconsin ... and a year later, he, along with Hank Aaron and Horace Garner helped Class A Jacksonville become one ...

Mantilla helped to organize a youth league in the Milwaukee area that ... and Major League teammate of Hank Aaron's, Mantilla was a key contributor to the Braves' National League pennants in ...

Felix Mantilla won a world championship with the 1957 Milwaukee Braves, appeared in his only ... are with his family and his fans." Mantilla, Hank Aaron, and Horace Garner helped integrate the ...

Born in Isabella, Puerto Rico, in 1934, he came to the U.S. in 1953 after signing with the Milwaukee Braves. He played alongside future Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron in the minor leagues with ...