'Say Hey Kid' Willie Mays transcended sports ⚾️ | ESPN Throwback
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- 24-time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glover, 2-time MVP, World Series champion, Hall of Famer: Willie Mays was a legend who transcended the sport of baseball. Hear all about his career from his early years with the New York Giants transitioning to San Francisco and his finals years with the New York Mets.
(Courtesy: MLB Network)
The Legendary Baseball Career of Willie Mays is Truly a Legend
Willie Mays, the Greatest All-Around Baseball Player of All-Time!!!
Mays was one of my Dad’s favorite players, and he used to rave about his playing and his personality to us. But I grew up in the late 70s and 80s long before the Internet, so I didn’t have access to footage of his playing and his life. At most there was a 10 second clip of him on TV that would show up once every few years during a broadcast. I knew he ranked highly in some stats and was one of the greats. But when the Internet finally became common, it didn’t occur to me to try to locate footage of him or of the other early greats from before my time. Not even the early greats of the Red Sox, which is my team, like Ted Williams.
I didn’t catch the MLB game in his honor, but I did see a RUclips clip of Reggie talking during the broadcast, which inspired me to search RUclips for Mays clips. I’m so glad I did - this video in particular gave me a great understanding of what a huge cultural icon he was in the 50s and 60s. It’s so stupid and sad that while to so much of the country, he was a beloved national star and hero, in some quite sizable areas of the country the majority of people still hated black people and blocked them from going into restaurants, hotels and most other places. While things have tremendously improved since then, it's also stupid and sad that any racism still exists in our country.
Rest in peace baseball ⚾️ legend Willie Mays
Legend
RIP man
Ode to Sir Willie Mays spelling out his name:
"Willie Mays, SIR to all of us.
I, like many looked up to you with pride.
Love you immensely for the road you paved for us of a brown hue.
Lasting memories are going to be our tapestry of you.
"I so admire Sir Mays" are utterances in many a head now and beyond.
Excellence in being is what you are with a resounding AMEN.
May your family turn to god for inner strength.
Anything is possible as God has shown you.
Your breath of sustainable achievements will be forever lasting.
So Sir, I write this to bid you farewell to enjoy eternal rest."
By Vin
Say hey
Pepsi❤😷
Red China kept Willie from first topping the Babe.