Willie Mays Swing

[bobbollu]

Saw Willie Mays play in the polo grounds against the Mets in 1962 one of my best memories of childhood

[harajukugirlloveandG]

RACIST........................­

[harajukugirlloveandG]

Watching this i thought mays was a power hitter but looks like he was'nt also clumsy???

[wiedep]

@harajukugirlloveandG even willie swung at bad pitches - like this one.

[europa99]

What source is this from? Do you have part of the rest of the game? Odd, that this would be the only surviving segment.

[nycgrneys]

This is from the 6th inning of the Aug 21,1968 game...Mays would walk...#9 is catcher JC Martin...#45 is pitcher Billy Connors, who would serve 3 terms as Yankee pitching coach...he threw a wild pitch during this at bat.

[westy40]

@nycgrneys

Great info!! you know your stuff!

[nycgrneys]

@westy40 Thanks...it was fun doing the research.

[jackierobinsonfan]

@nycgrneys how do you know?

[nycgrneys]

@jackierobinsonfan Research on Retrosheet and Ultimate Mets database.Narrowing the search to games Mays homered at Shea as a Giant.Cosschecking team rosters and uni #s etc.

[jackierobinsonfan]

@nycgrneys thank you

[Coastergeekperson04]

@nycgrneys Are you psychic? 

[nycgrneys]

@Coastergeekperson04 Nah!! I"m just a nut who enjoys finding clips like this and figuring when they happenned.I've learned that just prior to this Mays' AB, someone called NYPD claiming there was a bomb in one of the Shea dugouts.Both teams emptied out onto the field and play was delayed 10 minutes while a search found nothing.Credit to Retrosheet,Mark Donohue's fan memory at Ultimate Mets Database,and a UPI report from the Watertown Daily Times.USSR began crushing Prague spring that morning.