OT R.I.P Willie Mays

[riverman]

Just saw that he passed ..he was in his 90s and one of the greatest baseball players to play the game.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

RIP

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

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[Chris Craig]

RIP to a legend.

 

[Shaboid]

An icon. RIP

 

[Hoopguru]

RIP Willie!

 

[crandc]

So glad I was able to see him play albeit at tail end of his career. Arguably greatest baseball player ever.

 

[Hoopguru]

The Say Hey Kid......

 

[Phatguysrule]

Wow. The stories I've heard... RIP Willie

 

[HoopsFanAZ]

R.I.P. Willie Mays.

 

[Kano John]

One of the greats! RIP

 

[crandc]

Mays' election to baseball hall of fame was overwhelming but not unanimous. Afterwards an outraged sportswriter challenged the dissenters to stop hiding behind anonymity and tell the world why they think Willie Mays should not be in hall of fame. They didn't.

 

[Pinwheel1]

When I was very young, (in the mid-60s) all the kids my age only knew and idolized two players. Mantle and Mays.
In Little League, it would drive the coaches crazy when we would all try to copy Willie's "basket catch" style.

I remember my dad always yelling at me: "There's only one Willie Mays, and you aren't him"

 

[Quatro44]

Legend, may he rest in peace.

 

[AquaXI]

What a Legend! Go and catch those baseballs climbing the pearly gate!

 

[tlongII]

Lots of sports icons have passed recently. RIP Willie.

 

[Kano John]

When I was very young, (in the mid-60s) all the kids my age only knew and idolized two players. Mantle and Mays.
In Little League, it would drive the coaches crazy when we would all try to copy Willie's "basket catch" style.

I remember my dad always yelling at me: "There's only one Willie Mays, and you aren't him"

I use to love listening to Mantle and Mays games on the radio back in the 60's!

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

RIP, GOAT!

 

[STOMP]

have loved listening to local Bay Area sports talk the past day celebrating the life of the great Mays. Story after story from fans, players, and people in the organization relaying small anecdotes that guided their lives to amazing feats that dropped jaws. Maybe my favorite was how after day games in SF he'd regularly take part in playing pickup games with kids. I truly wish I could have seen him play as beyond the greatness, everyone relays what joy he brought to the game each and every day.

Tomorrow's game should be an amazing event

STOMP

 

[crandc]

Hadn't realized it but I was there for his last hit and RBI. Mays played for the Mets in 1973, a shadow of his former self. They played the A's in the world series. Game two in Oakland was a wild back and forth affair that Mets eventually won 10-7. Mays as a pinch hitter drove in winning run.
Hey, A's still won the world series.

 

[crandc]

When Mays played Negro League ball, one of his teammates was a minister. Still is at age 90. He was pastor of 16th Street Baptist Church, where Klan bombing killed four young girls.