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After 25, though, he never won a Gold Glove, made an All-Star team or was viewed as anything but a disappointment. Leo Durocher had saddled him with the “next Willie Mays” tag that he never could shake. He wasn’t Willie Mays, but he was about as good a...
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My friends, I am a college analyst, so I am going to lay on you may top five rivalries in major college athletics. I am sure that some people will disagree with me, but that is the beauty of sports. Some people loved Mickey Mantle, others went for...
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Hall of Famer Willie Mays, right, wipes his face as he listens to the national anthem with former teammate and Hall of FamerGaylord Perry during a ceremony for his 80th birthday, before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies... View Photo »
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The others: Ty Cobb in 1908 (led in 10), Cobb in '09 (11) and Stan Musial in '43 (10). Reiser -- along with pitcher Smoky Joe Wood -- represents the dictionary definition of "what might have been" when it comes to baseball. As Leo Durocher (who managed...
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Robinson breaking the color barrier gave Willie Mays a broader avenue toward a universal following. (Getty Images) NEW YORK -- It is rare these days that Willie Mays speaks in public, so it was an eager crowd that greeted Mays at the Baseball Assistance...
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Very few athletes endured as many obstacles as Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The Hall of Fame second baseman helped open the door for other great black ballplayers such as...
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Hall of Famer Willie Mays, right, is joined by former San Francisco Giants teammates, from left, Gaylord Perry, Orlando Cepeda and Willie McCovey, and former Negro Leagues teammates Jimmy Zapp and Bill Greason during a ceremony for Mays' 80th birthday, before... View Photo »
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1968 regular season, Ollie Brown had played parts of four seasons with the Giants, though the outfielder was no more certain of what the future held than when he made his Major League debut as a 21-year-old in 1965. "I was wondering what I was doing...
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(Golden Futures? Golden Moments? Gold Standard?) They are also somewhat boring since they feature the same old players. (Well, the mini inserts done in the style of the 1987 Topps set are pretty great.) Then you have the autograph list. Sure, it...
About Willie Mays
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Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama) is a retired American baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Many... Full Article
