Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1051 - Happy Birthday Willie Mays

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1051 - Happy Birthday Willie Mays

Hi Mom,

Funny story about this post. I set it up a year ago in 2017 around May 6th, when it was Willie Mays' 86th birthday, even though this one image below is from his 85th. I never managed to post it. So when a full year went by and Willie's birthday came around again, I intended to post, but again I got delayed for a little over two weeks.

Willie Mays turned 87 on May 6, 1987.

Time to show some belated love to Willie Mays, one of my childhood heroes.

Here's a link to an ESPN video from last year of Tim Kurkijan reminiscing about Mays. I thought the video was a good tribute, so I wanted to embed it but ESPN's coding of the iframe does not work.

When Mays debuted in the majors in 1951, Kurkijan said Mays was the greatest combination of power, speed, and defense the game had ever seen, and he feels that Mays is still the greatest at these combination of skills.

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=19323932

Here's some visuals, a link, and a bunch of videos as a tribute to the Say Hey Kid, a player that many regard as the greatest to ever play the game. The video with the hall of fame announcers featrues another hero of mine, Detroit Tigers great Ernie Harwell talking about Mays being the greatest.

I was not alive for all of Mays' career, but the incredible thing about our modern world is that there's a wealth of material online, including vintage video, that makes me feel like I was there and I can share it all in a way I could not when I was kid unless there was a special TV broadcast and only then if happened to catch it.

Thanks for the memories Willie Mays!

Happy Birthday Willie Mays - McCovey Chronicles - 87th birthday tribute

MLB-dot-com - Mays tribute 86th with 600 HR club video

Catching up with Say Hey Kid at 85 - SF Chronicle










From SF GATE -
https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Happy-birthday-Willie-Mays-sf-giants-7395888.php

A young Willie Mays plays stickball in New York City shortly after joining the then-New York Giants in the early '50s.

FROM -
https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/05/willie_mays_by_the_numbers_on.html

San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays holds four baseballs after hitting four home runs in a game against the Milwaukee Braves at County Stadium in Milwaukee on April 30, 1961. Hank Aaron hit two home runs in the game for the Braves. (AP Photo)

from - https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/baseball-world-series-mvp-award-named-willie-mays/

MLB has named its World Series Most Valuable Player award after Mays. (AP Photo/RDS)

Willie Mays in the locker room after the '73 pennant was secured (r/historyporn) 

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Reflect and connect.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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- Days ago = 1053 days ago

- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1805.22 - 10:10

NOTE on time: When I post late, I had been posting at 7:10 a.m. because Google is on Pacific Time, and so this is really 10:10 EDT. However, it still shows up on the blog in Pacific time. So, I am going to start posting at 10:10 a.m. Pacific time, intending this to be 10:10 Eastern time. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom. But I am not going back and changing all the 7:10 a.m. times. But I will run this note for a while. Mom, you know that I am posting at 10:10 a.m. often because this is the time of your death.