A former Major League Baseball player from San Antonio says when he met the late Hank Aaron as a kid, he knew he too could break glass ceilings.
A former Major League Baseball player from San Antonio says when he met the late Hank Aaron as a kid, he knew he, too, could break glass ceilings.“Hank was an inspiration because we all was able to touch him, and you could see him,” Odie Davis III said.
“He had come to the YMCA to talk to all of us. And as I said, it’s a special moment. You look back at it, and being 10 years old, I mean, that’s 55 years ago,” Davis III said.“Seventy-six I got drafted by the Cubs, and in 1977, I ended up signing with the Texas Rangers,” Davis III said.
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