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Willie Mays, the iconic Hall of Fame center fielder who is known as the greatest all-around baseball player, died Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants announced. He was 93 years old. Mays, nicknamed “The Say Hey Kid,” had a professional baseball career that spanned four decades, beginning with the Negro Leagues in the late 1940s and ending with the New York Mets in 1972. In between, he spent 21 years with the New York Giants, who would later move to San Francisco. Mays was born on May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Alabama, and named Willie, not William. Both his parents were...

Just heard that a baseball legend passed away today.

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.

It’s almost as if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat who constantly accuses her Republican colleagues of being racially insensitive (or just outright bigots), thinks all black Willies are the same … In a stunning, though telling, mistake on Friday, the speaker posted a birthday tweet to black MLB legend Willie Mays but included with it a picture of herself with another black MLB legend, Willie McCovey, who died three years ago. Look at at a snapshot of the now-deleted tweet below: Her office eventually deleted the tweet, replaced it with one containing a photo of the speaker with Mays...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted a happy birthday message to Hall of Fame baseball player Willie Mays for his 90th birthday on Thursday. “Happy 90th Birthday to an all-American icon, Willie Mays. A trailblazing, record-breaking baseball player, civil rights leader, and champion for youth sports and well-being, Willie Mays is a civic legend and national treasure,” Pelosi’s tweet said. The only problem was the photo she used was not of her and Mays. The speaker’s original tweet included an image of her and Willie McCovey, another Hall of Fame player for the San Francisco Giants, who died in 2018. Pelosi’s...

We don't even know how to describe J.D. Davis' value to the New York Mets at this point. The man seems to deliver in virtually every clutch at-bats for the club: just last night, the 28-year-old completed the Amazins' 10th-inning comeback against the Indians with a walk-off single. Flash forward less than 24 hours later, the outfielder was doing his best Willie Mays impersonation on a remarkable no-look basket catch against the Indians on Thursday night. What more is there to say about this guy? He's flat-out electric and it's about time he gets the recognition he deserves as one...

Baseball icon Vin Scully paid the ultimate compliment to former MLB great Willie Mays as the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster prepares to call his final game on Sunday. Before Saturday's game against the rival San Francisco Giants, Scully spent some time with one of the team's -- and baseball's -- all-time greats, with both men clearly giddy during the exchange. The best part, though, is Scully telling Mays "You've always been my favorite player, even though you wore the wrong uniform." We'll miss you, Vin.

The date Jan. 9 is significant insofar as baseball is concerned because the objectively wonderful TV show "Home Run Derby" first took to (s)wing. In commemoration of this important day, let us take a look back at the first episode, which featured Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle, who, as it turns out, were both good at baseball-related tasks and duties. Come with us, won't you?

HAGERSTOWN - It was 1950 when baseball great Willie Mays made his minor league debut at the humble ballpark here to catcalls and racial jeers. He hit two doubles and a home run. Almost no one applauded. Years passed, and this blue-collar town in Western Maryland wanted to make amends with the Giants' legendary center fielder. When a reluctant Mays returned last summer, after turning down earlier invitations, Mayor William M. Breichner publicly apologized to the 73-year-old Hall of Famer and promised to name a street in his honor. Unfortunately, the street the mayor picked - Memorial Boulevard - proved...

<p>Heard the one about the motorist lost in upstate New York? He pulls into a gas station and asks the attendant, "How do you get to Cooperstown?"</p> <p>"Hit 500 homers," the pump jockey said, not missing a beat.</p> <p>It's one of baseball's most sacred numbers and, for the moment at least, it's a sure ticket to the Hall of Fame. But now that Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmiero have joined the 500-homer club, let's take a closer look at who else is aiming for it.</p>