OT: Willie Mays has passed away
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RIP, greatest baseball player I ever saw. First game I went to as a kid was Mets vs Giants at Shea Stadium. Willie in centerfield for the Giants.
RIP, greatest baseball player I ever saw. First game I went to as a kid was Mets vs Giants at Shea Stadium. Willie in centerfield for the Giants.
age 93. Legend isn't a good enough word
The most amazing stat of his career is that he batted 71 times in 4 World Series spread over 22 years,yet never went yard.He dominated almost every All-Star Game in the 60's,beating with the AL with his bat,his glove,and his legs.
The Giants are playing a prime time nationally televised game in Alabama (where Mays was from) on Thursday. What a way to honor his life and observe his passing.
Best part of that play was the throw he made after catching that ball
A baseball immortal. 
R.I.P.
Quick story about the autographed photo shown... when I was a sportswriter at The Daily Journal (Elizabeth, NJ) in 1991, I received a call from a public relations rep asking me to cover the grand opening of Mays' chicken eatery in the food court at Menlo Park Mall (Edison, NJ). He said I could interview him and bring an item to get signed. How could I pass up that opportunity! The PR rep said Mays would only sign promo cards (below) for the general public, but I could bring anything to get autographed because I was with the press.
I brought with me a copy of a 1979 Mets yearbook I had in my basement. The inside back cover had a nice photo of Mays, who just had been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The autographed photo has been a treasured item in my sports memorabilia collection ever since.
R.I.P.
Quick story about the autographed photo shown... when I was a sportswriter at The Daily Journal (Elizabeth, NJ) in 1991, I received a call from a public relations rep asking me to cover the grand opening of Mays' chicken eatery in the food court at Menlo Park Mall (Edison, NJ). He said I could interview him and bring an item to get signed. How could I pass up that opportunity! The PR rep said Mays would only sign promo cards (below) for the general public, but I could bring anything to get autographed because I was with the press.
I brought with me a copy of a 1979 Mets yearbook I had in my basement. The inside back cover had a nice photo of Mays, who just had been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The autographed photo has been a treasured item in my sports memorabilia collection ever since.
I was talking about a second thread. Kinda creepy people posting is becoming so important to post someone dying first
Keith said it well…”He would do something. Sometimes all of them.”
And that song has been in my Spotify for a while now.
And that song has been in my Spotify for a while now.
I remember seeing Willie for the first time in the Mets clubhouse when he was in his underwear (I had been introduced to him when he was a Giant)
I was a freshman in high school and had never seen a body like that.
He had bulging strength veins running down his thighs and calves like he had in his arms.
That image has been etched in my mind for 55 years…
I was a freshman in high school and had never seen a body like that.
He had bulging strength veins running down his thighs and calves like he had in his arms.
That image has been etched in my mind for 55 years…
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RIP
Glad Cohen fulfilled the promise to retire his number on the Mets before he passed.
Glad Cohen fulfilled the promise to retire his number on the Mets before he passed.
For some reason I always think of this play when it comes to Mays. RIP legend
He was safe BTW
He was safe BTW
Agreed. Why? Can't retire numbers throughout baseball like that for only being awesome.
True that this was his most significant catch ever. However, this was not his best catch ever. The one catch he made was at Ebbets Field against the Dodgers was the most amazing one. A ball was hit into the left field gap; Willie caught up to it on a horizontal dive parallel to the turf; hit the wall 4 feet above the ground, fell to the ground motionless. Though briefly unconscious , still held onto the ball for an out. I saw that play on TV and never forgot how amazing it was!