Mays was a longtime New York/San Francisco Giant and briefly a New York Met, and a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee in 1979. The 'Say Hey Kid ... reached out to catch the ball with his back ...
“The Say Hey Kid ... 1965) Mays led the Giants to victory in the 1954 World Series, where in game one, he famously caught a ball, hit by Cleveland Indian Vic Wertz, over his shoulder. Now simply ...
Quoted in "Willie Mays" by Arnold Hano ... running after a ball and throwing somebody out trying to take that extra base. That's real fun." "When you catch a ball high, head high or higher ...
Known as "the Say Hey Kid" -- the ... in game one of the 1954 World Series when Mays made a running, over-the-shoulder basket ...
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 ...
The baseball world has saluted the achievements of Willie ... Mays embodied an attitude of "just keep playing and having fun", one former player told the BBC. Nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid ...