[JLAGRAYFOX]

As a diehard, NY Mets fan....I could not stand Willie McCovey....because every time he showed up at Shea Stadium he would blast the ball into the right field stands for another home run. May this great ballplayer and human being, Willie McCovey RIP for eternity in God’s paradise. We loved you Mr. McCovey!!! You were truly one of the greats in baseball!!!

[riverdawg]

I saw McCovey hit a monstrous home run in San Diego in 1976; over the right-field stands and into the parking lot.

[BobL]

Remember the “McCovey Shift” where the left fielder (I think) would move to center, with others shifting right, leaving left field empty. I think the infield did something like that too.

Agree, definitely a bad-ass dude.

[Ancesthntr]

“As a diehard, NY Mets fan....I could not stand Willie McCovey....because every time he showed up at Shea Stadium he would blast the ball into the right field stands for another home run. May this great ballplayer and human being, Willie McCovey RIP for eternity in God’s paradise. We loved you Mr. McCovey!!! You were truly one of the greats in baseball!!!”

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I was also a diehard Mets fan (before I stopped giving a damn about how a bunch of spoiled millionaires made more money), and I feel exactly the way you do. McCovey was a class act and a fantastic player; the world is a poorer place because he and the likes of him are gone or soon to go.

RIP, Mr. McCovey, and condolences to your family on their loss.