Posted on 06/18/2024 7:01:50 PM PDT by Jim Noble
I just came back to say farewell to my childhood hero, and in a way also to the wonderful times when there were three teams in the Big Town, my Dad was a young man, and I was born into a mixed marriage (Giants - Dodgers).
Farewell, Say Hey Kid.
RIP #24. Where does the time go?
I hope that “just this once” means “just one more time” down the road. God bless you, Jim.
“Wherever that wind might blow
Wherever that river rolls”
FReepers will be there for you.
Nice!
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day. Isaac Watts
Can't do that again.
I still don’t like you.
Willie died?
About time...
Puts a Fine Point on ‘Opus’
Being an L.A. Dodgers fan since 1958 I remember how Mays always struck fear in my heart when he came up to bat. But he could beat you in so many ways and very often did. He was the perfect blend of talent for a baseball player. So long Willie and thanks for the memories.
Bill James once rated players in 9 different areas. Mays and Ryne Sandberg were the only two he found who were above average in all 9.
Baseball banned Mays because he was working for a casino. Now baseball can’t get enough gambling.
Sorry to see you leave Free Republic.
I only saw Willie Mays once—at Dodger Stadium on May 31, 1968—and I was rooting against him. The Jints were our biggest rivals in the National League. Don Drysdale was the Dodger pitcher, and he was seeking a record number of consecutive shutouts.
The game was the most dramatic that I have ever watched. Dodger fans were cheering every pitch by Drysdale. At one point, when SF hitter Dick Dietz was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, it looked as though Drysdale’s streak was over. But the umpire ruled that Dietz had leaned into the pitch. Whereupon the Giants’ manager exploded in rage and was ejected from the game.
Drysdale finally got out of the inning and finished the game standing on the mound. The Dodgers won, extending Drysdale’s string of shutouts in what was otherwise a mediocre season for the Bums. Incidentally, Mays didn’t do all that well, getting only one hit in four at-bats.
Willie Mays was way before my time...
But, glad you came back to share with the FR family.
Like all other families, we are a little dysfunctional, but we really are another kind of family.
Jane is my sister by other parents.
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Amen, dear sister. 💞
And, brother, Jim.
I told him he’d be back in a week. 😉
You know I lost a lot of friends to there, baby. I got no time to mess around.
I thought you said good bye .
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They were great on and off the field, having missed games due to military service. RIP, Willie...
We’re talkin’ baseball!
Kluszewski, Campanella.
Talkin’ baseball!
The Man and Bobby Feller.
The Scooter, the Barber, and the Newc,
They knew ‘em all from Boston to Dubuque.
Especially Willie, Mickey, and the Duke.
Look at the bright side:
'24 Will Amaze..
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