Baseball's Voices of Summer on Willie Mays

[melbea03]

love that inside the parker,and watching those dodgers jump

[loughran03]

Mays had a better career than Mantle, but Mantle had it all over Mays in natural ability, much more raw power, and faster than Mays.

[sigu655]

Greatest? Hmmm? YES...Greatest.

[6749er]

I was a 8 years old baeball playing kid when the Giants came to town in 1958.

I got to see him play in SF for many years.

With all reespect to all the other greats

in all of babeball I've seen over that 51 years.

#24 is no question the greatest player I ever saw.

He could do it All-Amazingly.

Great video-Thanks-Say Hey!

[deepcosmiclove]

Mays never did that. He came close once, getting 3 assists on three different bases in one game, against LA, in 1966 I think.

[tydee98]

I agree. Charles Epstein wrote a book called Willies Time that was amazing. Brocasting a road game from Atlanta stopped a race riot in San Francisco. Broadcasting a road game at that time was unheard of. Wille had what they called an outfilder cycle, he threw a guy out at each base from center field in one game. This book descibes him as a super human type player. I wish i could have watched him play.

[vlessinger]

great story. He was my idol as a ballplayer. I grew up in the bronx but loved #24. I was 12 yrs old when I found out willie was moving to SF. Ah the polo grounds. my memories are relived thanks to your post

[KevinBender55]

glad you liked it.

[deepcosmiclove]

Mays stealing second was in the 10th inning of 1954 World Series game one. Cleveland catcher Jim Hegan makes a good throw. Mays was the winning run, so Lopez has the next batter walked, and Durocher sends up Rhodes who pops up but the ball carries to the 259 foot marker in right field for the most famous pinch homerun in World Series history.

[tydee98]

Ever heard of Kirk Gibson????

[bobgure]

My hero.

[hyiop5]

thank you so much , great video, love mays, love bonds im dying to touch the statue in sf