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The baseball world is in mourning following the death of Willie Mays at 93.. Major League teams across the U.S. expressed their condolences as they remembered the iconic athlete of their sport ...
Said President Barack Obama, who honored Mays with the Congressional Medal of Freedom: “Willie Mays wasn’t just a singular athlete, blessed with an unmatched combination of grace, skill and power.
Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid" of 1950s and 1960s Giants fame, a home run slugger and center field star for most of his 23-year Major League Baseball career, died Tuesday at 93 after a short ...
An estimated 4,500 fans joined baseball luminaries, former U.S. Presidents and Mays' closest family and friends to speak about his legacy.
Willie Mays authored plenty of unforgettable moments during his Hall of Fame career. But he wanted one more World Series at-bat in October 1973. The star center fielder’s son, Michael Mays, says ...
Willie Mays, in his new role as batting instructor with the New York Mets talks with from left, Benny Ayala; Dave Schneck; George Theodore on March 3, 1974 in St. Petersburg.
Michael Mays, the son of Willie Mays, was set to throw out the first pitch Wednesday for game two of the Subway Series — just over a week after his Hall of Fame father died at 93.
Willie Mays’ son wants people to remember his father’s Mets tenure a little differently.. When the Mets acquired the all-time baseball great in May of 1972, Mays was 41 years old and more than ...
Willie Mays bought a 15-room mansion in a New York City suburb to escape housing discrimination in San Francisco and remained under the radar, as rumors swirled about a crumbling marriage. When ...
If you were a 14-year-old kid in the summer of 1951, you couldn’t just knock on Willie Mays’ window at 9 o’clock in the morning and have Willie come out and play an hour of stickball with ...
San Francisco Giants’ Willie Mays poses for a photo during baseball spring training in 1972. (AP Photo) Willie Howard Mays Jr. was born on May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Alabama.
Willie Mays hit a home run over the left-field fence to end it. We saw 21 innings of baseball that day and Mays wasn’t a factor until the biggest moment.