...- Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles Dodgers) Koufax was brilliant this year, Koufax won the MVP in 1963 and finished 2nd to Willie Mays in 1965. In 1966 Koufax was 27-9 with a 1.73 ERA and 317 Strikeouts. He had 9 first place votes to Roberto Clemente's 8 and lost...
...else, anywhere, any time. When is enough enough? When is it right to ride off into the sunset. When is it time, as Willie Mays once famously said, to say good-bye to America? Well, is it any wonder how confusing that question must be to the athletes themselves...
...to center. Goodbye, Don Larsen. Tom Tresh's Great Play The Giants almost tied the game in the seventh inning when Willie Mays hit a vicious one out, low line drive near the left field corner that would have been a triple, but left fielder Tommy Tresh made...
...and even during the tough times (the ankle injury, the two benchings by Charlie Manuel, etc.), he often likened J-Roll to Willie Mays because of the impact he could have on the team. Sarge also talked quite a bit about Pat Burrell, with whom he has a close...
...hitter is the last thing the Phillies need, consider this - he's about to join a club that includes Mike Schmidt and Willie Mays. Edmonds hit 19 home runs in just 250 at-bats for the Chicago Cubs last season and had a slugging percentage of .568. More important,...
...and in our culture,” Rice said during a media briefing. Griffey, who trails only Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays in career homers, is currently a free agent after the Chicago White Sox declined his US$16.5 million contract option for next...
...the first time, is pulling a Koufax. If only we could all do that. For every Mussina and Koufax and Williams, there's a Willie Mays or Steve Carlton or Jim Palmer, guys who had greatness, lost it with age, but couldn't let go. Joe DiMaggio had a very good...
...Uribe assessing the seams before firing a heat-seeking strike to first base. Look at the Astros, with Willy Taveras making like Willie Mays and Adam Everett playing a retro version of shortstop: field first, hit second. They may never achieve the lyrical...
...last drop out of his pitching career. See, in the end, there's no right way to retire. Sure, it can be hard for fans to watch Willie Mays fall down in the outfield, to watch Michael Jordan when his shoes are stapled to the ground, to watch Ken Griffey drives...
...man, Bill Belichick or Bill Parcells, sounds like the argument over who was the better center fielder, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays. People in the Belichick camp argue that the matter is settled on the Super Bowl scoreboard. Their man has won three titles,...