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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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: williemays; williemaysobit
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RIP Willie
To: mkmensinger
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posted on
06/18/2024 6:17:06 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts )
To: mkmensinger
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posted on
06/18/2024 6:18:17 PM PDT
by
Freest Republican
(There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
To: mkmensinger
I am 69 years old. He was the greatest of my lifetime.
Side note: He missed 266 games while serving in the military.
To: mkmensinger
To: mkmensinger
Say Hey, Willie, RIP, you were one of the greatest!
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posted on
06/18/2024 6:24:19 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: mkmensinger
The greatest ballplayer of them all. RIP.
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posted on
06/18/2024 6:24:59 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: mkmensinger
RIP to one of the great ones.
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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.)
To: mkmensinger
Wow. Rest In Peace, Mr. Mays.
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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)
To: Engraved-on-His-hands
I didn’t know that. Thanks.
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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)
To: All
The first black team captain IRC.
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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.)
To: mkmensinger
RIP to one of the great ones.
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posted on
06/18/2024 6:29:03 PM PDT
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: mkmensinger
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 . . . .
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06/18/2024 6:30:06 PM PDT
by
MCSETots
( )
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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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posted on
06/18/2024 6:32:37 PM PDT
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Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: mkmensinger
I’ve seen them all since 1955 and Willie Mays was the best.
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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)
To: mkmensinger
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.
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posted on
06/18/2024 6:34:40 PM PDT
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Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: mkmensinger
I did not know he was still alive.
Wow.
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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.)
To: mkmensinger
Pure Americana at it’s finest. Why are the finest going? RIP Mr. Mays.
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posted on
06/18/2024 6:46:01 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
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