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Giants Player Makes Perfect Tribute to Willie Mays With Over-The-Shoulder Catch
Sports Illustrated· 1 day agoOn a night devoted to honoring the late Willie Mays, one San Francisco Giants player found the...
Historians reflect on Mays' civil rights legacy
The San Francisco Examiner· 11 hours agoWillie Mays’ death last week has led to reflections about the Candlestick Park-sized footprint the greatest San Francisco Giant left behind. “He was not...
Willie Mays’s philosophy was simple: They throw the ball, I hit the ball
The Economist· 5 hours agoPossibly the best baseball player ever died on June 18th, aged 93
How Willie Mays Handled Racism and the Media
Time via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoMarch 1955: Willie Mays of the New York Giants. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images “Shut up!” insisted Willie Mays, the baseball legend who died last...
The day Willie Mays made two boys from Hattiesburg feel like a million bucks
South Reporter· 3 hours agoWillie Mays, the best baseball player on the planet, was 31 and in his prime. This was before the Astrodome and the Astros. The brand new Houston expansion team, then called the Colt 45s, played ...
Why Willie Mays, not Babe Ruth, was baseball’s greatest player
CNN via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoAmong students of baseball, there has long been widespread belief that Willie Mays was the game’s...
Tributes to Willie Mays pour in as mural is unveiled in Alabama
KAMR Amarillo· 7 days agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Willie Mays gave a message to his longtime friend Dusty Baker just a day...
Johnny Bench recalls hilarious instance of Willie Mays trying to steal his signs: 'You got me!'
Fox News· 6 days agoWillie Mays was one of the greatest baseball players of all time, but even he tried his damnedest to...
Willie Mays anecdotes, Negro Leagues' legacy: Rickwood Field roundtable
Fox Sports· 6 days agoMajor League Baseball is technically making its debut at Alabama's Rickwood Field this week....
Tribute to Willie Mays
The Brunswick News· 3 hours agoThe tributes to Willie Mays last week were bittersweet. He, of course, deserved all the lofty praise, but there was the regret of his having to endure the segregation dissent
