"New Rochelle can be proud to claim an association with part of this baseball history, as Willie Mays, the ‘Say Hey Kid,’ lived in a 15-room Normandy style mansion at 90 Croft Terrace in the ...

But Mays was initially booed when he took the field in San Francisco, and he sold the house after two years, moving his family into a brand-new 15-room stone Tudor in New Rochelle. At bat with the ...

In November 1979, less than four months after he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Willie Mays was banned from Major League Baseball. He was 48, six years into retirement, but he was still one ...

And as revealed in Say Hey, Willie Mays!, a new HBO documentary debuting Nov. 8, ... Willie rode with me on Air Force One,” Obama said at the White House ceremony that day.

Willie Mays takes up the task of autographing baseballs in the New York Giants dressing room after their game with Milwaukee was called because of rain on Sept. 16, 1956. AP Photo/John Lindsay ...

Willie Mays, the “Say Hey Kid,” dazzled for most of a generation with the New York and San Francisco Giants and was arguably the greatest player in major league history.

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And as revealed in Say Hey, Willie Mays!, a new HBO documentary debuting Nov. 8, ... Willie rode with me on Air Force One,” Obama said at the White House ceremony that day.

Mays helped make the sport a true national pastime, carrying his star power from coast to coast when his Giants moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958.

Over 23 major league seasons, virtually all with the New York/San Francisco Giants but also including one in the Negro Leagues, Mays batted .301, hit 660 home runs, totaled 3,293 hits, scored more ...

FILE - Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, left, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 ...