RIP Willie Mays

[mrblond]

MLB legend Willie Mays dead at 93

MLB legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid," died peacefully Tuesday afternoon, the San Francisco Giants announced via social media.

www.foxnews.com

think he was the last of that generation of players

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[nammac]

Sad to lose the legends…

Godspeed Willie! Knock 'em outta the park for Dad!

 

[Bobbygun]

Willie Mays this week, Jerry West last week. They don't get much larger-than-life than those two. The term "legend" is often overused but applies to guys like Mays and West.

 

[ma96782]

My dad's favorite player. R.I.P. Willie Mays

Aloha, Mark

 

[CountryGent]

Dang, lost the Say Hey Kid. RIP Mays.

 

[Old Dog]

He was my favorite baseball player when I was a kid in the '60s - I kept my Boy's Life magazine cover (from around 1964-5) with his photo for years - wish I still had it.

Not only was he a phenomenal player, by all accounts, he was (unlike many pro athletes) an even better person.

Yeah, and we lost Jerry West last week as well. Who played when the NBA was really worth watching... Tried viewing the Celtics/Mavericks finals series this week, NBA has become to me (a lifelong basketball fan) virtually unwatchable. I'd rather was women's college basketball...

 

[Bacchus]

Not just an all-time great, but an all-time very great.

 

[Ruger Rich]

I just know his smile was genuine

 

[Bacchus]

I was thinking some more about this, and I was thinking that in the 1950s and 1960s the best of the very best would include Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Hank Aaron, Bob Gibson, and Stan Musial. I picked those two decades because that's when Mays played.

This web site agreed with me:

Best MLB players in the 1950s: Willie Mays #2

Best MLB players in the 1960s: Willie Mays #1

 

[jason m]

Won rookie of year in 1951 went to serve from 52-54! His last at bat in rookie season he had a standing ovation, crowd knew he was going to serve. Crazy to think how many more hrs he would have! 660 coulda challenged Ruth's record with those 2 yrs of prime missed. I didn't know any of this until today. I learned about him serving today! Pretty cool, I had no idea.

 

[fredball]

Willie was a role model for us kids growing up playing baseball R.I.P. Mr. Mays