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 ...

302 batting average, 3,283 hits, 660 home runs, 1,903 runs batted in, and 338 stolen bases. One of the greatest all-around players the sport has ever seen, Mays was inducted into the Baseball Hall of ...

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 ...

After Ted Williams passed away, someone asked me if Willie Mays was the ... When a ball was hit into the gap, you knew Mays would score from first base. Regardless of the relay, he had his mind ...

The Willie Mays open will feature three games each day and mark the return of the Golden Bears to their historic home for the first time since 2023. The event had received "the blessing" of Mays' ...

Willie Mays. The exhibit will be open to the public before every Giants home game during the 2024 season. Admission is free. First come, first served. Capacity limits apply. The exhibit is located ...

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.

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