Willie Mays: Still 'a-Mays-zing' at 90: He's not merely one of the greatest baseball players ever. He's a class act

American Thinker ^ | 05/10/2021 | Will O' Toole

[JonPreston]

Love you Willie, and DON’T take the vaxx!

[a fool in paradise]

>>the greatest living baseball player to play on the many greens in our nation’s ballparks and stadiums.

How many of those stadiums are still standing, let alone being used as ballparks today?

MLB forced cities to replace their legendary halls of old.

[gloryblaze]

HEY!!!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Greatest player in the history of baseball, IMHO. There were no weaknesses in any part of his game, and who knows how many additional home runs he’d have hit if he didn’t have to play in Candlestick Park.

[Slyfox]

Leo Durocher on Mister Ed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVr45CHOuA

[alstewartfan]

Love you, Willie...McCovey, Horton, Davis, Stargell, whoever you are. You all look alike! Right Nanzi?

[GraceG]

I thought we were talking about this guy:

I was about to think it was mandella effect thing as I was thinking Billie Mays died from a drug Overdose or something...

then my mind realized it was the baseball player...

[dfwgator]

Could have been worse, she could have posted a pic of Willie Mays Hayes.....

[dforest]

Nah, that’s George Kirby.

[markman46]

Most stadiums are not built to last 100 years, they need to be replaced, as to who pays for the new ones that is a different conversation

[alternatives?]

The problem is some are not lasting 25 years.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

[Bratch]

Greatest era of MLB.

[JesusIsLord]

"The Catch" - 1954 World Series.

The Catch was a baseball play made by New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays on September 29, 1954, during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, New York City. During the eighth inning with the score tied 2–2, Cleveland Indians batter Vic Wertz hit a deep fly ball to center field that was poised to score the runners on base.

[Bratch]

Willie, Mickey, and the Duke (Talkin' Baseball)

[Vigilanteman]

He'd certainly rank in the top 10, plus he was a team player along the lines of an Ernie Banks, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams. Just one reason he didn't hit more homeruns in addition to playing in Candlestick Park and the Polo Grounds which was even worse with its massive centerfield. Thus, the legendary Vic Wertz drive catch in 1954 World Series.

There would be a case for calling him the greatest ever, but the same could be said for Babe Ruth (who spent the first quarter of his career as a Hall of Fame pitcher), Honus Wagner or Ty Cobb (both of whom also did it all).

However, For the 1950-60s era, I don't think Willie Mays had an equal.

[1Old Pro]

when baseball was the American Pastime.

[elteemike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrsg_-dV7Q

[TheConservativeTejano]

Thanks for posting this great news about the Say Hey kid

Willie Mays was so popular when I was growing up.

I went to a Giants game right before the season started and they use to practice very differently.

Five (5) guys would throw pitch to a hitter and the batter would hit a ground ball to the players and then they could use their talents to field the ball and you had to be one the ball to find out who would get the ball to throw at the batter.

I concentrated on my favorite ball player and of course, Willie did not disappoint any body looking at him practice.

I think that Willie played 1st base, 2nd base, SS, third base for one inning each position.

Willie Mays was a gift to the Baseball world.

Willie Mays was an amazing talent.