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Giants legend Willie Mays dies at 93
Yahoo Sports· 7 hours ago"I never taught him anything," Durocher said. "He taught me. Willie is the greatest player I ever saw. No doubt in my mind." Warren Spahn, who pitched...
Timeline of Willie Mays’ career
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 6 hours ago...Signs with New York Giants for $4,000. 1951 (May 25) — Major league debut. 1951 (May 28) — First major league hit after 0-for-12 start — a home run...
Willie Mays career timeline
Major League Baseball· 5 hours agoDecades after his final game, Willie Mays stands among the greatest athletes and ambassadors baseball has ever seen. Few players, if any, have looked...
Willie Mays, baseball’s electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93
The Spokesman-Review· 9 hours agoWillie Mays opened his big-league career with a confidence-rattling 0-for-12 stretch before finally...
Baseball Legend Willie Mays Is Dead At 93
HuffPost via Yahoo Sports· 6 hours agoAt first, things didn’t go so well. Mays went hitless in his first 12 MLB at-bats, but on lucky No. 13, he smacked a home run off the left field roof of...
Opinion | Calling Willie Mays a ‘natural’ was to underrate his craft and smarts
Washington Post· 5 hours agoIn the 1962 Yankees-Giants World Series, the Yankees’ Clete Boyer hit a line drive to right-center....
Willie Mays, baseball's Say Hey Kid, has died at 93
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 6 hours agoHe had only one hit in his first 26 at-bats, a home run off Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves, and asked Durocher to send him back to Minneapolis....
This Date in Baseball - Ichiro becomes the 3rd player to get 1,000 hits in less than 700 games
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days ago1952 — Warren Spahn of the Boston Braves struck out 18 Cubs in a 3-1, 15-inning loss to Chicago. Spahn also homered. 1953 — The New York Yankees swept Cleveland ...
Willie Mays, Major League Baseball’s ‘Say Hey Kid,’ Dies at Age 93
The Wall Street Journal· 5 hours agoUpon reaching the big leagues in 1951, Mays—the youngest Black player ever to reach the majors—began...
Legendary outfielder Willie Mays dies at age 93
ESPN· 6 hours agoWillie Mays, whose unmatched collection of skills made him the greatest center fielder who ever lived, died Tuesday afternoon at the age of 93, the San...
