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If he's not the greatest baseball player ever, he's in the top-3. God broke the mold after making Willie Mays. A sad day and the end of an era. | ||
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The first professional baseball game I ever went to was his 3,000th hit. The promotion was that you could use the ticket stubs from the 3,000 game and go to another game for free. Candlestick wasn’t very crowded back then. The next day was a double header so dad loaded up the 5 kids in the station wagon and off we went again That was a great deal for a Deputy Sheriff with 5 kids… ----------------------------------- Get your guns b4 the Dems take them away Sig P-229 Sig P-220 Combat | |||
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Say hey, Willie. Rest in peace. “There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape." —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein | |||
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One of the first models I ever made as a kid with my dad, was of THE CATCH! I had that model in my room until I moved out of the house, and I’m guessing that my folks still have it somewhere in the house (along with my baseball card ‘collection’ as it were). RIP Mr. Mays. __________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy." | |||
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Thanks for the memories & your example. Rest easy Say Hey Kid ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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Indeed, arguably the greatest all-around baseball player ever. Condolances for his family, friends, and many fans. Rest in peace Willie. Thank you for the memories. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice. | |||
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I won’t argue with top three. That man did it all! I love how you can type “The catch” into a browser and there he is in game 1 of the ‘54 series making his iconic over the shoulder catch. Rest easy Willie and thank you for all the happiness you brought to the sport through some of the toughest adversity an athlete had to endure. | |||
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He should have been loudly honored by Major League Baseball before he died. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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He’d have 1,000 HR If he didn’t have to play in the polo grounds with a 483 foot center field wall and allmoat 2 full seasons at age 20 to the army and a decade at candlestick before it was enclosed with that wind blowing in. Definitely best right handed hitter and on the Mount Rushmore of baseball position players. RIP Willie !This message has been edited. Last edited by: ElToro, | |||
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Willie Mays was every kids baseball idol when I was a kid. One of the GOATS for sure. Sad to see him pass on. | |||
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Posted by a friend: "I was a little boy when the great Willie Mays was still playing baseball, back when kids admired athletes a lot more, and he was just about worshipped by everyone I knew. We had his cards, we read his biography, and he never let us down. I cherish the memories he gave a nation." ----------------------- You can't fall off the floor. | |||
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He was certainly one of ours; I remember my friends and me practicing basket catches 'cause they were so cool, as was Willie, of course. | |||
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Someone once said that he could have made the hall of fame at any position, with the possible exceptions of pitcher or catcher. I didn't know that he missed most of two seasons in the military. That brings to mind Ted Williams. So many great ballplayers, I am not qualified to pick the GOAT, but would never argue with someone who picked Willie Mays. ... stirred anti-clockwise. | |||
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