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The Catch: How Willie Mays explained his signature World Series play
San Jose Mercury News· 5 days agoIt became known as The Catch. With two runners on, nobody out, and the score tied 2-2 in the top of ...
Why Willie Mays' 'The Catch' remains one of the most legendary baseball plays of all time
CBS Sports· 4 days agoWillie Mays, one of the greatest baseball players to ever live, died Tuesday afternoon. Mays was a...
Sean Kirst: 'The Catch' eternally links Willie Mays and Vic Wertz, whose career took off in Buffalo
The Buffalo News· 2 days agoThe catch by Mays – when the nation still paused to collectively focus on afternoon World Series...
The Catch: Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder grab in the 1954 World Series 'wasn't no lucky catch'
Associated Press· 5 days agoWillie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow...
Willie Mays Appreciation: The 'Say Hey Kid' inspired generations until his death
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoLong after “The Catch” and his 660 home runs, and the daring sprints around the bases with his hat...
Why Willie Mays, not Babe Ruth, was baseball’s greatest player
CNN via Yahoo Sports· 2 days ago“There...also a larger than life player who packed stadiums, popularizing the home run to almost...
Perspective | The enduring power of Willie Mays and the Catch
Washington Post· 2 days agoJust two weeks ago, in the 10th inning of a College World Series regional game between Clemson and...
Willie Mays bought castle-like suburban home on East Coast to escape racism in San Francisco
Fox News· 9 hours agoWillie Mays bought a 15-room mansion in a New York City suburb to escape housing discrimination in...
Remembering Willie Mays' 'The Catch' from 1954 World Series, the greatest catch ever
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoBut Mays sprinted to the edge of the Polo Grounds - known for its unusually deep center field - and...
Willie Mays, known for 'The Catch' and by many as baseball's best of the best, dies at 93
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoToday, however, in tribute to Mays, a larger-than-life bronze statue of him stands in Willie Mays...