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Quoted in "Willie Mays" by Arnold Hano "Don't get me wrong, I like to hit. But there's nothing like getting out there in the outfield, running after a ball and throwing somebody out trying to take ...

“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Howard Mays Jr. (1931–2024) began his career in the Negro Leagues (1947) before joining the Major League’s New York Giants in 1951. Excepting time in military service ...

CNN) — Willie Mays, the dynamic baseball Hall of ... including all my teammates on the Black Barons,” Mays told the newspaper. In the wake of Mays’ death, Thursday’s game will also serve ...