“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Howard Mays Jr. (1931–2024) began his career in the Negro Leagues (1947) before joining the Major League’s New York Giants in 1951. Excepting time in military service ...

Quoted in "Willie Mays" by Arnold Hano "Don't get me wrong ... and performed a miracle in the field everyday I'd still look you in the eye and say Willie was better. He could do the five things ...

Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid," started his career with the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Field in 1948.

White America knew Willie Mays before they had heard of ... a name based on the phrase “Say Hey,” which Mays once used to greet people. These characterizations were often spoken with love ...

After Ted Williams passed away, someone asked me if Willie Mays was the greatest ... for being on the baseball field. Can I say that about Bonds? Not always. Mays always marvelous Because I ...

Willie Mays, arguably the greatest baseball player of all time, died Tuesday at the age of 93. Mays had called Atherton home for the last four decades of his life. Nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid ...

And sure enough, there were an abundance of Willie Mays advertisements in the 1960s. "Say hey!" one advertisement quotes the local baseball star. "Love that real ribbon cane flavor." The ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Detectives with the Shreveport Police Department have made multiple arrests while investigating a burglary in the 1800 block of Willie Mays Street. The burglary occurred ...

The inaugural Willie Mays Open was Friday morning at the historic Rickwood Field, featuring six Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...