06-18-2024, 05:58 PM
Just announced during the Giants game. Passed away peacefully at age 93
Sad day
Sad day
Willie Mays RIP
06-18-2024, 06:48 PM
(06-18-2024, 05:58 PM)BobK Wrote: Just announced during the Giants game. Passed away peacefully at age 93
Sad day
Obit. Sad day indeed.
(06-18-2024, 05:58 PM)BobK Wrote: Just announced during the Giants game. Passed away peacefully at age 93
Sad day
Obit. Sad day indeed.
06-18-2024, 06:55 PM
Quite a shame. Greatest five tool ballplayer in history. My dad's favorite player.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
06-18-2024, 06:57 PM
What a player! So sad. RIP Willie!
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
What a player! So sad. RIP Willie!
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
06-18-2024, 08:05 PM
06-18-2024, 08:20 PM
(06-18-2024, 08:05 PM)BobK Wrote: https://x.com/nut_history/status/1803231...42050?s=46
Back back back Willie makes the catch
nice article from stanford's lowell cohn link
(06-18-2024, 08:05 PM)BobK Wrote: https://x.com/nut_history/status/1803231...42050?s=46
Back back back Willie makes the catch
nice article from stanford's lowell cohn link
06-18-2024, 09:02 PM
Even though I grew up in Southern California and rooted for all those teams, my brothers and I were all Giants fans. Hated the Doyers. Dad not around to exert any influence and a favorite uncle led the way. He said, "The greatest ball player of all time is Willie Mays and he plays for the San Francisco Giants!" Worked out great for me when I went to Stanford and moved to SF in 87. Loved seeing Mays around the team and got to meet and greet him once. A big loss for baseball fans everywhere.
Cheers to Willie,
Pete F.
Cheers to Willie,
Pete F.
Even though I grew up in Southern California and rooted for all those teams, my brothers and I were all Giants fans. Hated the Doyers. Dad not around to exert any influence and a favorite uncle led the way. He said, "The greatest ball player of all time is Willie Mays and he plays for the San Francisco Giants!" Worked out great for me when I went to Stanford and moved to SF in 87. Loved seeing Mays around the team and got to meet and greet him once. A big loss for baseball fans everywhere.
Cheers to Willie,
Pete F.
Cheers to Willie,
Pete F.
06-18-2024, 10:58 PM
Watching him play at Seals Stadium and Candlestick during the peak of his career is something I’ll never forget. He was an incredible talent.
Yep, to this day, Willie Mays is the greatest all-around baseball player ever to play the game.
By the way, since this is a Stanford site, how about this bit of trivia (Condoleeza Rice’s mother, Angelena, was one of Mays’ high school teachers). As noted in the New York Times obit, Mrs. Rice once told him, “You’re going to be a ball player. If you need to leave a little early for practice, you let me know.”
Yep, to this day, Willie Mays is the greatest all-around baseball player ever to play the game.
By the way, since this is a Stanford site, how about this bit of trivia (Condoleeza Rice’s mother, Angelena, was one of Mays’ high school teachers). As noted in the New York Times obit, Mrs. Rice once told him, “You’re going to be a ball player. If you need to leave a little early for practice, you let me know.”
Watching him play at Seals Stadium and Candlestick during the peak of his career is something I’ll never forget. He was an incredible talent.
Yep, to this day, Willie Mays is the greatest all-around baseball player ever to play the game.
By the way, since this is a Stanford site, how about this bit of trivia (Condoleeza Rice’s mother, Angelena, was one of Mays’ high school teachers). As noted in the New York Times obit, Mrs. Rice once told him, “You’re going to be a ball player. If you need to leave a little early for practice, you let me know.”
Yep, to this day, Willie Mays is the greatest all-around baseball player ever to play the game.
By the way, since this is a Stanford site, how about this bit of trivia (Condoleeza Rice’s mother, Angelena, was one of Mays’ high school teachers). As noted in the New York Times obit, Mrs. Rice once told him, “You’re going to be a ball player. If you need to leave a little early for practice, you let me know.”
06-18-2024, 11:29 PM
Saw him score from first on a single once
Saw him pinch hit a walkoff HR at the ‘Stick (he wasn’t supposed to play that day due to a minor injury)
And one TV game from the old LA Coliseum where he made 2 great running catches in right-center and left-center, then doubled up the gap his next AB. Announcer said “the only man who could have caught that ball, hit it.”
But there’s nothing I loved watching more than that basket catch of routine fly balls.
Saw him pinch hit a walkoff HR at the ‘Stick (he wasn’t supposed to play that day due to a minor injury)
And one TV game from the old LA Coliseum where he made 2 great running catches in right-center and left-center, then doubled up the gap his next AB. Announcer said “the only man who could have caught that ball, hit it.”
But there’s nothing I loved watching more than that basket catch of routine fly balls.
Saw him score from first on a single once
Saw him pinch hit a walkoff HR at the ‘Stick (he wasn’t supposed to play that day due to a minor injury)
And one TV game from the old LA Coliseum where he made 2 great running catches in right-center and left-center, then doubled up the gap his next AB. Announcer said “the only man who could have caught that ball, hit it.”
But there’s nothing I loved watching more than that basket catch of routine fly balls.
Saw him pinch hit a walkoff HR at the ‘Stick (he wasn’t supposed to play that day due to a minor injury)
And one TV game from the old LA Coliseum where he made 2 great running catches in right-center and left-center, then doubled up the gap his next AB. Announcer said “the only man who could have caught that ball, hit it.”
But there’s nothing I loved watching more than that basket catch of routine fly balls.
06-19-2024, 07:04 AM
First game I ever saw live: Mays, McCovey, and Marichal at Candlestick,1968.
After seeing Mays take the first pitch, I turnd to my friend and said that if a spaceman had come to the game he would know, from just how Mays took that first pitch, that Willie was the best player on either team.
After seeing Mays take the first pitch, I turnd to my friend and said that if a spaceman had come to the game he would know, from just how Mays took that first pitch, that Willie was the best player on either team.
First game I ever saw live: Mays, McCovey, and Marichal at Candlestick,1968.
After seeing Mays take the first pitch, I turnd to my friend and said that if a spaceman had come to the game he would know, from just how Mays took that first pitch, that Willie was the best player on either team.
After seeing Mays take the first pitch, I turnd to my friend and said that if a spaceman had come to the game he would know, from just how Mays took that first pitch, that Willie was the best player on either team.
06-19-2024, 08:58 AM
Dave Flemming's announcement during the Giants game of Mays' passing was particularly poignant. Needed a few moments to compose himself before breaking the news.
https://x.com/KNBR/status/1803253145293955583
https://x.com/KNBR/status/1803253145293955583
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
Dave Flemming's announcement during the Giants game of Mays' passing was particularly poignant. Needed a few moments to compose himself before breaking the news.
https://x.com/KNBR/status/1803253145293955583
https://x.com/KNBR/status/1803253145293955583
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
06-19-2024, 10:51 AM
I knew his passing would be inevitable, but it still hurts. I had such an innocent childhood - I grew up a big baseball fan, and since it was in the era before 24 hr cable TV, ESPN, and the internet, I would read every word of the Chronicle Sporting Green about the Giants, listen to KSFO on the old AM radio, and watch whatever road Giants game that was broadcast maybe every two weeks on KTVU. My father took me to my first Giants game as a ninth birthday present in 1966 at Candlestick. I was blessed with the memory of the old wooden seats, the 25 cent hot dogs, and seeing Willie Mays hit a HR in my first ever MLB game. We were tracking his pace for another milestone in 1971, and I got to witness in person his 3,000 hit. My dad and I also got tickets in 1973 when the Mets came to Candlestick for the final time that season, and with the score tied in extra innings, Willie came up as a pinch hitter and doubled - his last hit ever in that park. But maybe my best memory - 1984. My sister had gotten her first job with Cushman and Wakefield. They had a luxury suite in Candlestick that they used to entertain clients. If there were no guests and the higher ups at C&W didn't want to go, the tickets would trickle down and my sister got them for a game vs the Cubs. It was a nice surprise - the suite was in section 2, right next to Bob Lurie's, and the suites were separated by a big window. Al Rosen (GM at the time) was in there. About halfway through the game, I looked to my left ... and there was Willie Mays, five feet from me. He noted our mouths agape and gave us a smile and a wave.
The greatest player ever in baseball.
The greatest player ever in baseball.
I knew his passing would be inevitable, but it still hurts. I had such an innocent childhood - I grew up a big baseball fan, and since it was in the era before 24 hr cable TV, ESPN, and the internet, I would read every word of the Chronicle Sporting Green about the Giants, listen to KSFO on the old AM radio, and watch whatever road Giants game that was broadcast maybe every two weeks on KTVU. My father took me to my first Giants game as a ninth birthday present in 1966 at Candlestick. I was blessed with the memory of the old wooden seats, the 25 cent hot dogs, and seeing Willie Mays hit a HR in my first ever MLB game. We were tracking his pace for another milestone in 1971, and I got to witness in person his 3,000 hit. My dad and I also got tickets in 1973 when the Mets came to Candlestick for the final time that season, and with the score tied in extra innings, Willie came up as a pinch hitter and doubled - his last hit ever in that park. But maybe my best memory - 1984. My sister had gotten her first job with Cushman and Wakefield. They had a luxury suite in Candlestick that they used to entertain clients. If there were no guests and the higher ups at C&W didn't want to go, the tickets would trickle down and my sister got them for a game vs the Cubs. It was a nice surprise - the suite was in section 2, right next to Bob Lurie's, and the suites were separated by a big window. Al Rosen (GM at the time) was in there. About halfway through the game, I looked to my left ... and there was Willie Mays, five feet from me. He noted our mouths agape and gave us a smile and a wave.
The greatest player ever in baseball.
The greatest player ever in baseball.
06-19-2024, 11:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-19-2024, 11:15 AM by cardcrimson.)
(06-19-2024, 08:58 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: Dave Flemming's announcement during the Giants game of Mays' passing was particularly poignant. Needed a few moments to compose himself before breaking the news.
https://x.com/KNBR/status/1803253145293955583
Thanks for the link. Flem is truly an amazing announcer and clearly a guy with a h u g e heart. I can't imagine how tough that must have been for him. . . .
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
(This post was last modified: 06-19-2024, 11:15 AM by cardcrimson.)
(06-19-2024, 08:58 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: Dave Flemming's announcement during the Giants game of Mays' passing was particularly poignant. Needed a few moments to compose himself before breaking the news.
https://x.com/KNBR/status/1803253145293955583
Thanks for the link. Flem is truly an amazing announcer and clearly a guy with a h u g e heart. I can't imagine how tough that must have been for him. . . .
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
06-19-2024, 05:01 PM
if you haven’t already, click on knbr.com and listen to Murphy’s morning interview today with Mike Krukow. Kruk on Willie. It really doesn’t get any better than that. Well worth a listen.
06-19-2024, 06:29 PM
What a great, heartwarming story, Embo. So glad you shared it. It was a special time and a special sport and we’re so lucky to have Willie Mays playing
(06-19-2024, 10:51 AM)Embo Wrote: I knew his passing would be inevitable, but it still hurts. I had such an innocent childhood - I grew up a big baseball fan, and since it was in the era before 24 hr cable TV, ESPN, and the internet, I would read every word of the Chronicle Sporting Green about the Giants, listen to KSFO on the old AM radio, and watch whatever road Giants game that was broadcast maybe every two weeks on KTVU. My father took me to my first Giants game as a ninth birthday present in 1966 at Candlestick. I was blessed with the memory of the old wooden seats, the 25 cent hot dogs, and seeing Willie Mays hit a HR in my first ever MLB game. We were tracking his pace for another milestone in 1971, and I got to witness in person his 3,000 hit. My dad and I also got tickets in 1973 when the Mets came to Candlestick for the final time that season, and with the score tied in extra innings, Willie came up as a pinch hitter and doubled - his last hit ever in that park. But maybe my best memory - 1984. My sister had gotten her first job with Cushman and Wakefield. They had a luxury suite in Candlestick that they used to entertain clients. If there were no guests and the higher ups at C&W didn't want to go, the tickets would trickle down and my sister got them for a game vs the Cubs. It was a nice surprise - the suite was in section 2, right next to Bob Lurie's, and the suites were separated by a big window. Al Rosen (GM at the time) was in there. About halfway through the game, I looked to my left ... and there was Willie Mays, five feet from me. He noted our mouths agape and gave us a smile and a wave.
The greatest player ever in baseball.
What a great, heartwarming story, Embo. So glad you shared it. It was a special time and a special sport and we’re so lucky to have Willie Mays playing
(06-19-2024, 10:51 AM)Embo Wrote: I knew his passing would be inevitable, but it still hurts. I had such an innocent childhood - I grew up a big baseball fan, and since it was in the era before 24 hr cable TV, ESPN, and the internet, I would read every word of the Chronicle Sporting Green about the Giants, listen to KSFO on the old AM radio, and watch whatever road Giants game that was broadcast maybe every two weeks on KTVU. My father took me to my first Giants game as a ninth birthday present in 1966 at Candlestick. I was blessed with the memory of the old wooden seats, the 25 cent hot dogs, and seeing Willie Mays hit a HR in my first ever MLB game. We were tracking his pace for another milestone in 1971, and I got to witness in person his 3,000 hit. My dad and I also got tickets in 1973 when the Mets came to Candlestick for the final time that season, and with the score tied in extra innings, Willie came up as a pinch hitter and doubled - his last hit ever in that park. But maybe my best memory - 1984. My sister had gotten her first job with Cushman and Wakefield. They had a luxury suite in Candlestick that they used to entertain clients. If there were no guests and the higher ups at C&W didn't want to go, the tickets would trickle down and my sister got them for a game vs the Cubs. It was a nice surprise - the suite was in section 2, right next to Bob Lurie's, and the suites were separated by a big window. Al Rosen (GM at the time) was in there. About halfway through the game, I looked to my left ... and there was Willie Mays, five feet from me. He noted our mouths agape and gave us a smile and a wave.
The greatest player ever in baseball.
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