[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

[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...

[dforest]

Nah, that’s George Kirby.

[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.

[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.

[McGruff]

Pelosi shares photo of wrong black player in botched attempt to honor Willie Mays

By Jon Levine May 8, 2021

https://nypost.com/2021/05/08/pelosi-shares-photo-of-wrong-player-in-botched-willie-mays-tweet/

[DPMD]

And on top of all that, he could still fool pelosi into thinking he was just another generic black man. Of course, fooling pelosi isn’t really an accomplishment

[rlmorel]

"...He united people from different walks of life with his passion and persona and fought discrimination on his terms. He had a knack for making people forget about race. He tried to break down prejudicial barriers by demonstrating character and leadership. It was a conscious choice, and he stood by his convictions..."

Says it all right there. That is how one negates racism, not by being virulently racist. It shows that Willie Mays CARES about racism itself, not about power, domination, punishment, or revenge.

He cares about RACISM.

[Luke21]

Was a different world in 1970. I was eleven and hung like a bat into the Giant’s dugout asking Mays for an autograph at a spring game. He laughed and told me to get down before I broke my neck. He pointed me to a group of old ladies about twenty feet away and told me to get in line.

He kept his word and signed for me. Great, great man. Glad to be able to honor him while he’s still with us.

[MarvinStinson]

"an amazing [???] lifetime batting average (.302)"

Babe Ruth's lifetime batting average was .342

Ty Cobb's lifetime batting average was .367

[MarvinStinson]

DUKE SNIDER AND WILLIE MAYS