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Willie Mays Passes Away at age 93
NY Times ^ | 6/18/24 | Richard Goldstein

Posted on 06/18/2024 6:14:23 PM PDT by mkmensinger

Willie Mays, the spirited center fielder whose brilliance at the plate, in the field and on the basepaths for the Giants led many to call him the greatest all-around player in baseball history, died on Tuesday. He was 93.

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RIP Willie
1 posted on 06/18/2024 6:14:23 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: mkmensinger

A great ball player


2 posted on 06/18/2024 6:17:06 PM PDT by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts )
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To: mkmensinger

Sad

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3 posted on 06/18/2024 6:18:17 PM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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I am 69 years old. He was the greatest of my lifetime.

Side note: He missed 266 games while serving in the military.


4 posted on 06/18/2024 6:18:37 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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‘Say hey’

RIP


5 posted on 06/18/2024 6:19:55 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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Say Hey, Willie, RIP, you were one of the greatest!


6 posted on 06/18/2024 6:24:19 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: mkmensinger

The greatest ballplayer of them all. RIP.


7 posted on 06/18/2024 6:24:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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RIP to one of the great ones.


8 posted on 06/18/2024 6:26:54 PM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Wow. Rest In Peace, Mr. Mays.


9 posted on 06/18/2024 6:27:16 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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I didn’t know that. Thanks.


10 posted on 06/18/2024 6:28:19 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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11 posted on 06/18/2024 6:28:30 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was drowning in self pity until I bathed in the refreshing Lake of Respect.)
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RIP to one of the great ones.


12 posted on 06/18/2024 6:29:03 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: mkmensinger

RIP


13 posted on 06/18/2024 6:29:03 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: mkmensinger

Baseball, when it was just baseball.

Thank you for your military service and thank you for your entertainment.

Rest in peace, you deserve it . . . .


14 posted on 06/18/2024 6:30:06 PM PDT by MCSETots ( )
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfZQ9fRpf4


15 posted on 06/18/2024 6:30:55 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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May God Bless...


16 posted on 06/18/2024 6:32:37 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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I’ve seen them all since 1955 and Willie Mays was the best.


17 posted on 06/18/2024 6:33:17 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 ("The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed." Romans 8:19)
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How did Willie Mays get the nickname say hey?
Mays received $6,000 for signing with the Giants after graduating high school in 1950. New York Journal American sportswriter Barney Kremenko said that in Mays’ rookie season, the reticent Mays “would blurt ‘Say who,’ ‘Say what,’ ‘Say where,’ ‘Say hey. ‘ In my paper, I tabbed him the ‘Say Hey Kid.


18 posted on 06/18/2024 6:34:40 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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I did not know he was still alive.

Wow.


19 posted on 06/18/2024 6:39:53 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: mkmensinger

Pure Americana at it’s finest. Why are the finest going? RIP Mr. Mays.


20 posted on 06/18/2024 6:46:01 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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