His first major league hit was a home run off me--and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out." --By Warren Spahn (ed. note: Mays was 0-for ...

The first, Jackie Robinson ... me to love baseball and for loving me enough to stay for that moment. Willie Mays hit a home run over the left-field fence to end it. We saw 21 innings of baseball ...

The baseball world has saluted the achievements of Willie Mays, widely considered ... the MLB added 10 more hits to Mays's career record earlier this month, after deciding to incorporate ...

He hit his first home run against fellow Hall of Famer ... “They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays.” Among his All-Star records were most runs (20), hits (23), extra-base hits ...

Who knows why Willie Mays Aikens started ... He didn't hear a word. He is the first -- and only -- player to hit two home runs in multiple games in the same World Series. Today, nearly 30 years ...

the consensus choice in center field would be Willie Mays. But right behind him, Andruw Jones has a very strong case. His ...

The game said good-bye to Willie Mays, Rickey Henderson ... “Fernando Mania” hit Los Angeles in 1981 when the portly lefty from Mexico pitched the Dodgers to a world championship.

Baseball and Willie Mays will intersect at Rickwood Field again when Miles College hosts its first Willie Mays Open on Feb. 7-9. Joining Miles in the field for the event are the baseball teams ...