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Neal: Tony Oliva remembers Willie Mays: 'He was the best player I’ve ever seen play'
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoTony Oliva shuffled into his living room to thumb through some photo albums. It was my question that...
Willie Mays, known for 'The Catch' and by many as baseball's best of the best, dies at 93
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoLeo Durocher, who spent a lifetime in baseball as a player and manager, and was Mays’ first manager...
Willie Mays, former San Francisco Giants star and all-time MLB great, dies at 93
The Sacramento Bee· 6 days agoWillie Mays, the former San Francisco Giants star regarded as one of the best Major League Baseball players of all time, died Tuesday, June 18, according ...
Where was Willie Mays from? Late MLB legend was Alabama native who began career in Birmingham
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoafter the future baseball legend was born. Growing up in Alabama during the era of codified segregation, Mays took a deep and early interest in baseball ...
Willie Mays, baseball's Say Hey Kid, has died at 93
LA Times via AOL· 6 days agoLeo Durocher, who spent a lifetime in baseball as a player and manager, and was Mays’ first manager with the Giants, declared his protégé to be...
Willie Mays once did something extremely rare against the Braves at County Stadium
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoThat list is up to 18 players now, including Shawn Green of the Dodgers in 2002 at then-Miller Park...
Willie Mays anecdotes, Negro Leagues' legacy: Rickwood Field roundtable
Fox Sports· 4 days agoMajor League Baseball is technically making its debut at Alabama's Rickwood Field this week....
Willie Mays, baseball star of prodigious power and grace, dies at 93
Stars and Stripes· 6 days agoThe San Francisco Giants announced his death on social media but did not provide other details. Mays...
Gunnar on path toward history in more ways than one
Major League Baseball· 7 hours agoRipken leveled up the following season, becoming one of the bestplayers in the sport en route to the AL MVP Award. If that sounds familiar, it's because...
Mike DiMauro: The night Willie Mays came to Dodd Stadium
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoJun. 20—Another titan from our childhoods, another reminder of Father Time's tenacity, left us earlier this week. William Howard Mays, the Say Hey Kid. He was only a man, the pragmatist might ...