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1. www.cbc.ca › sports › baseballWillie Mays, baseball great and electrifying 'Say Hey Kid ...

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   Jun 19, 2024 · Willie Mays, the electrifying "Say Hey Kid" whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.

2. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 3070070Willie Mays, baseball’s electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93

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   Jun 18, 2024 · Born Willie Howard Mays on May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Ala., the kid’s future seemed preordained from the crib. As the tale goes, the baby was six months old when Willie Mays Sr. put a baseball ...

3. theconversation.com › saying-a-final-goodbye-toSaying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey kid’

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   Jun 19, 2024 · From the racism and poverty of the Jim Crow South, Willie Mays rose to the height of fame and respect as perhaps the country’s greatest baseball player – one who inspired a president.

4. www.mercurynews.com › 2024/06/18 › sf-giants-legendWillie Mays obituary: SF Giants’ star dead at 93

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   Jun 18, 2024 · His father, Willie Howard Mays Sr., worked as a railroad porter and also swept floors at the local steel mill, where he was a star on the company baseball team. Willie’s mother, Annie ...

5. www.howardstern.com › news › 2024/06/24VIDEO: Howard Remembers ‘The Say Hey Kid’ Willie Mays

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   5 days ago · Willie Mays, one of the all-time greatest players in baseball history, passed away last week at the age of 93. On Monday morning, Howard and Stern Show executive producer Gary Dell’Abate said goodbye to the so-called “Say Hey Kid,” who spent most of his three-decades-long career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before retiring with the Mets.

6. www.nytimes.com › 2024/06/18 › sportsWillie Mays, Baseball’s Electrifying Player of Power and ...

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   Jun 18, 2024 · Willie Mays, the spirited center fielder whose brilliance at the plate, in the field and on the basepaths for the Giants led many to call him the greatest all-around player in baseball history...

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   Who were Willie Howard Mays parents?

   • His father, Willie Howard Mays Sr., worked as a railroad porter and also swept floors at the local steel mill, where he was a star on the company baseball team. Willie’s mother, Annie Satterwhite, was a standout in both track and basketball. (Willie Sr. and Annie never married.)

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   Who was Willie Howard Mays Jr?

   • Willie Howard Mays Jr. was born on May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Ala., near Birmingham. His parents were unmarried teenagers. His father was said to have been named for President William Howard Taft at a time when Taft’s Republican Party was considered more sympathetic to the needs of Black people than the Democrats.

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   Who was Willie Sr?

   • A steelworker and later a Pullman porter, Willie Sr. was known as Cat, for his graceful play in semipro baseball. Willie’s mother, Annie Satterwhite, a former standout high school athlete in track and basketball, left the family when he was a baby and settled in Birmingham.

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   Who was Willie Mays?

   • From the racism and poverty of the Jim Crow South, Willie Mays rose to the height of fame and respect as perhaps the country’s greatest baseball player – one who inspired a president.

   Saying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey kid’

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   What did Willie Sr teach his son?

   • Willie Sr. taught his son each position, starting with catcher, and told him that he could boost his value by honing every skill required on the diamond. Mays fared well in other sports, too, averaging 20 points a game on the basketball court and serving as the star quarterback at Fairfield Industrial High.

   Willie Mays, baseball’s electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93

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   How did Willie change as he grew older?

   • “Willie, as he grew older, became more withdrawn and suspicious, more cautious, more vulnerable and with plenty of reason,” Leonard Koppett wrote in “A Thinking Man’s Guide to Baseball” (1967). “Life, both personally and professionally, became more complicated for him, and he had his share of sorrow.”

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8. www.mlb.com › news › hall-of-famer-willie-maysHall of Famer Willie Mays passes away at 93 - MLB.com

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   Jun 19, 2024 · Willie Mays, the greatest Giant of all and one of the greatest baseball players ever, died Tuesday at the age of 93. The thoughts of many around baseball were on Mays this week, with Thursday's MLB at Rickwood Field game in Birmingham, Ala., between the Giants and Cardinals set to.