SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Long after “The Catch” and his 660 home runs, and the daring sprints around the bases with his hat ...

“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 ...

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 ...

How Liddle got his man, though, is part of baseball lore and perhaps Example No. 1 that Willie Mays could do on the diamond what no other player could. Seventy years ago today, the Alabama native ...

Family members of late baseball legend and Birmingham-native Willie Mays are working to preserve his childhood home in Fairfield.

In Alabama, we visit the ball field where the late Willie Mays made his professional debut, and look into today’s efforts to increase Black representation in baseball. Then in Illinois ...

When it came to skill sets in baseball, Willie Mays possessed them all: he was a consistent hitter with power, a marvel on defense, a speedy baserunner, and a clutch performer in all facets of the ...

Who was your favorite Detroit Tiger when you were young? Willie Mays was (and still is) my favorite San Francisco Giant. I still hate the Pittsburgh Pirates somewhat because they knocked my ...

Considered by many the greatest player in baseball history, Willie Mays died Tuesday at 93. He had been the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. A star for the Giants in both New ...

Notable deaths of 2024: Remembering Willie Mays, Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, Shannen Doherty, Richard Simmons and others who have died, so far, this year. Jan. 4, age 100 | British actress ...

Willie Mays, the San Francisco Giants’ baseball legend known as the ‘Say Hey Kid,’ died on Tuesday, the team announced. He was 93. Mays, regarded by many as the greatest all-around baseball player ...