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Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who spent almost all of his 22 season career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility.
Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and shares the record of most All-Star Games played (24) with Hank Aaron and Stan Musial.Ted Williams said, "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." Mays ended his career with 660 home runs, third at the time of his retirement, and currently fifth all-time. He also won a record-tying 12 Gold Glove awards beginning in 1957 when the award was introduced.
Mays' career statistics and longevity in the pre-PED era, recent acknowledgements of Mays as perhaps the finest five-tool player ever, and the overwhelming consensus of many surveys and other expert analyses carefully examining Mays' relative performance have led to a growing opinion that Mays was possibly the greatest all-around baseball player of all time. In 1999, Mays placed second on The Sporting News's "List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players", making him the highest-ranking living player. Later that year, he was also elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Mays is one of five National League players to have had eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott, Sammy Sosa, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols. Mays hit over 50 home runs in 1955 and 1965, representing the longest time span between 50-plus home run seasons for any player in Major League Baseball history. His final Major League Baseball appearance came on October 16 during game 3 of the 1973 World Series.
WILLIE MAYS, the greatest ever (1951-1973). - aka The Say Hey Kid Half-a-century ago -- when baseball was truly beautiful and widely considered "America's Game" -- Willie Mays played centerfield for the Giants. Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid, played with enthusiasm and exuberance while excelling in all phases of the game -- hitting for average and power, fielding, throwing and baserunning. His staggering career statistics include 3,283 hits and 660 home runs. The Giants superstar earned National League Rookie of the Year honors in 1951 and two MVP Awards. He accumulated 12 Gold Gloves, played in a record-tying 24 All-Star games and participated in four World Series. His catch of Vic Wertz's deep fly in the '54 Series remains one of baseball's most memorable moments. http://www.nytimes...
CSN documentary about the greatest ballplayer of all time Willie Mays
Hall of Famer Willie Mays visited with Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully in the TV booth at AT&T; Park. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/dodgerblue1958 Twitter: @DodgerBlue1958 | https://twitter.com/dodgerblue1958 Instagram: @DodgerBlue1958 | https://instagram.com/dodgerblue1958/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/Dodgerblue1958 Website: http://DodgerBlue.com
Many consider Willie Mays to be the greatest baseball player of all-time.
To the Say Hey Kid, 24x all-star, 13 gold gloves, 2x MVP, 660 HR- NL record despite missing almost 2 years to war during his prime, played in negro leagues, 1st all African-American starting outfield. 1st African-American super star to play his entire major league career in the big leagues. Star of the Basket catch and hat flying off , batted over .300 lifetime , 3, 000 hit club, 500 HR club, 4 HR in a game, twice hit over 50+ HR, 7,095 outfield putouts a MLB record. No one had a career quite like Willie-truly a once in a lifetime player!!
9/25/14: Willie Mays is honored with a lap around the ballpark for the 60th anniversary of his iconic catch Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced off at ...
Director Ron Shelton and actors Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Wuhl discuss their film, "Cobb," which portrays the relationship between baseball legend Ty Cobb and Al Stump, his biographer.
In this 2001 interview, Yogi Berra recalls one of his greatest games as a Yankee -- catching pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Berra, who coached and managed after playing 19 years in the majors, died Sept. 22, 2015 at age 90. For more, visit www.charlierose.com
For the entire story of Willie Mays Aikens, see Amy K. Nelson's piece on http://www.youtube.com/sbnation on Wednesday, May 2.
Tim McCarver debates who was a better centerfielder: Curt Flood or Willie Mays? The HBO Sports documentary The Curious Case of Curt Flood debuts Wed., July 13 at 9:00pm ET/PT exclusively on HBO with replays throughout the month. For more on HBO Sports, visit http://itsh.bo/f3qiMZ. Watch HBO Sports series and events online at HBO GO® http://itsh.bo/mqq7g6. With HBO GO, you can watch your favorite HBO Sports series and events on your iPad® (http://itsh.bo/hbogoapple), iPhone® (http://itsh.bo/hbogoapple) or Android™ (http://itsh.bo/hbogoandroid) smartphone. Free with your HBO subscription through participating TV providers. Connect with HBO Sports on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/hbosports
Jacob Gurevitsch - Lovers in Paris Scenes from Midnight in Paris, directed by Woody Allen. Jacob is a Danish guitarist. "Since his pre-teens Jacob has been pluggin' jazzguitars, rockguitars, soulguitars and many others into all kinds of amplifiers. When he joined the legendary danish hippie group Savage Rose in 2002 he was asked to pick up the spanish guitar. He immidiatly found a new friend. They hung out together from the first day. The spanish guitar moved into Jacobs appartment and his life. They went to Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, Paris and Buenos Aires together. Jacob wrote new material together with his partner the spanish guitar. This deep friendship has resulted in music with passion from the south mixed with electronic flavours from the north." https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ja...
The University of California Marching Band perform at Willie Mays Plaza outside AT&T; Park in San Francisco before the game against the Presbyterian Blue Hose. Go Bears! Saturday, September 17, 2011.
This is a segment of an interview with "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles M. Schulz and his daughter, Jill, a professional ice skater, on the local San Francisco talk show "People are Talking" in the spring of 1984.
"The Greatest Baseball Sluggers Of All Time In 44 Seconds" Watch some of the greatest baseball players in 44 seconds including Reggie Jackson, Buster Posey, Wille Mays, Willie McCovey, Hank Arron, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Babe Ruth, and many others. baseball, baseball playoffs, world series, hits, hitters, sluggers, phillies, yankees, redsox, braves, rangers, willie mays, barry bonds, willie mccovey, george brett, pete rose johnny bench, san francisco giants new york yankees cincinati reds, baseball, world series, baseball playoffs, babe ruth, ted williams, reggie jackson, bucky dent, boston redsox hank arron atlanta braves los angeles dodgers brooklyn dodgers new york giants new york mets, california angels,
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express performs live in the KEXP studio. Recorded 2/22/2012. Setlist: The Left Hand and the Right Hand Willie Mays Is Up At Bat Temple Beautiful White Night Big City Castro Halloween Host: Kevin Cole Engineer: Kevin Suggs Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett & Scott Holpainen Editing: Jim Beckmann http://www.kexp.org/ http://chuckprophet.com/
Willie Mays Interview by Billy Sample Spring Training 2004 Segment produced by Mike Dillon Camera person, Shannon Aldridge for MLB.com, Major League Baseball's Internet website. Billy Sample http://www.billysample.com More interesting baseball videos on the way, subscribe
Here is an excerpt from MLB Network Presents: Franchise Four. Bob Costas sits down with Mays, Aaron, Bench and Koufax
Here is a bizarre pairing if there ever was one- baseball legend Willie Mays and 30s film & stage star Tallulah Bankhead two years before she died - it turns out she's a baseball fanatic. Willie talks about San Francisco, Sandy Koufax, his inimitable "basket" catch and then proceeds to knock some balls into audience! Merv Griffin had over 5000 guests appear on his show from 1963-1986. Footage from the Merv Griffin Show is available for licensing to all forms of media through Reelin' In The Years Productions. http://www.reelinintheyears.com
In this edition of "Rolling Through The Reels", we look back at an interview with Willie Mays, conducted in 2001. Watch more Baseball Hall of Fame videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBaseballHall Visit the official Baseball Hall of Fame website: http://www.baseballhall.org Follow the Baseball Hall of Fame on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BaseballHall Like the Baseball Hall of Fame on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballHall Follow the Baseball Hall of Fame on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+baseballhalloffame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is home to the greatest stars and the history of the game. Located in scenic Cooperstown, New York, the Hall of Fame is dedicated to preserving the sport's history, honoring excellence within the game, and connecting genera...
Willie Mays discusses why he chose to share his story now, playing baseball during the pre-Civil Rights era, his first manager Leo Durocher, The Catch, the Giants move to San Francisco and more. Get more on Willie Mays at SimonandSchuster.com: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Willie-Mays/7722?mcd=vd_youtube
Willie Mays interview by Derek Jeter Ken Griffey Jr. during the 2007 Major League Baseball All Star Game for Fox Sports. The paintings of Willie Mays you see that are used in the interview were painted by me. See http://www.StreetCredibleArt.com
Learn more about Willie Mays at http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Willie-Mays/James-S-Hirsch/9781416547914?mcd=vd_youtube_book Willie Mays discusses playing in the Negro Leagues, his early days in the Majors, The Shot Heard ‘Round the World,’ his father’s influence, his fanship of Joe DiMaggio and more.
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1967 ABC aired "Portrait of Willie Mays". He was nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", and spent almost all of his 22 season career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ended his career with 660 home runs - third at the time of his retirement and currently fifth all-time - and won a record-tying 12 Gold Glove awards beginning in 1957 when the award was introduced. Mays shares the record of most appearances in the All-Star Games, 24, with Hank Aaron and Stan Musial.In appreciation of his All-Star record, Ted Williams said "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays.' Mays' career statis...
Millie tells us about her trip to see Willie Mays.
Vin Scully gets a standing ovation from the crowd at AT&T; Park and also gets a surprise visit in the booth from Willie Mays Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yanke...
ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series examines the life and playing career of San Francisco Giants' legendary outfielder Wille Mays. This episode originally . CSN documentary about the greatest ballplayer of all time Willie Mays. Thanks to my friend Charles for this one. .
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A series of filmed home run contests between two sluggers of the late 1950s/early 1960s, one National Leaguer, one American Leaguer. The batters had to swing at every pitch in the strike zone. Any called strike or batted ball that did not go for a home run was an out. (Three outs per inning.) The batter with the most runs at the end of nine innings won $2000. The loser got $1000. As an added incentive, any batter who hit three home runs in a row got a $500 bonus. Each consecutive home run after the first three in a row was worth an additional $500. While one hitter was at bat, the other sat in the press box with host Mark Scott and talked about both his and the other hitter's career. Filmed at Wrigley Field--home of the Pacific Coast League Los Angeles Angels--where the power alleys were a...
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Willie Mays is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He had established himself as one of the top sluggers in the game before drugs derailed his career. In 1994, Aikens was sentenced to twenty years in prison on four counts of crack cocaine distribution and one count of use of a firearm during drug trafficking. He was released on June 4, 2008, after changes in federal drug laws, and is sometimes cited as an example of the results of mandatory minimum sentencing in drug-related crimes. See Willie Mays Stats! :http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aikenwi01.shtml The Keepers of the Legends digs deep into the life of a great baseball player who went down the wrong path. KOL follows tells the stories of all types of legends! Like us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter!
MYSTERY GUEST: Willie Mays; Paul Anka PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Tom Poston, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Thinking back when we first met
I remember what You said
You said You'd never leave me
But I let go of your hand
Build my castles in the sand
But now I'm reaching out again
And I'm not letting go 'till you...
Hold me, Mold me
Sometimes I feel so all alone
See, I gotta find my way Back Home
So why don't You Shape me, Make me
Wash me whiter than the snow
I gotta find my way... Back Home
Master upon my knees I pray
I just want to be the clay
Put your arms around me
Place my life in Your hands
Lord I know I'm just human
But you understand
This time I'm not letting go 'till You...
Hold me, Mold me
Sometimes I feel so all alone
See, I gotta find my way Back Home
So why don't You Shape me, Make me
Wash me whiter than the snow
I gotta find my way... Back Home
'Cause I'm lost and alone
I've been wandering long enough to know
Humbly I search for You
And I'm not gonna rest 'till You...
Choose me, Use me
Sometimes I feel so all alone
I am on my way Back Home
So why don't You Direct me, Bless me
Wash me whiter than the snow
I am on my way...