Willie Mays

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Willie Mays

Post by mookie » Wed May 05, 2021 6:53 pm

90 years old tomorrow.


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Re: Willie Mays

Post by whiz wit » Wed May 05, 2021 7:15 pm

mookie wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 6:53 pm 90 years old tomorrow.
Would have been a great wrestler - probably with his own style.
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Re: Willie Mays

Post by mookie » Wed May 05, 2021 7:38 pm

Greatest 5 tool player ever. Dake & Sanderson would be the equivalent wrestlers.
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Re: Willie Mays

Post by TMH » Wed May 05, 2021 8:25 pm

Time flies.

I'm currently looking at my baseball signed by both Mays and Hank Aaron.

I possess neither a Dake or Sanderson autograph though.
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Re: Willie Mays

Post by Spladle1989 » Thu May 06, 2021 7:45 am

Willie Mays Hayes, that guy was lightening......but 5 tool? Nah.........
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Re: Willie Mays

Post by jdalu75 » Thu May 06, 2021 8:08 am

Mays was the kind of player who could go 0 for 4, hit into two double plays, and still be the guy who beat you.
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Re: Willie Mays

Post by Sundayamqb » Thu May 06, 2021 10:47 pm

Did he come up on this message board because of the time he played for one of the visiting teams at the old Taylor Stadium or?
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Re: Willie Mays

Post by mookie » Fri May 07, 2021 9:06 am

"The Say Hey Kid" played for a minor-league team called the Chattanooga Choo-Choos, essentially a farm team for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League, and he helped take the team to the Negro League World Series. Doubt they played at Taylor.
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Re: Willie Mays

Post by jdalu75 » Fri May 07, 2021 9:19 am

To be clear, Mays denied that he ever said "Say Hey".
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Re: Willie Mays

Post by gimpeltf » Fri May 07, 2021 9:39 am

mookie wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 9:06 am "The Say Hey Kid" played for a minor-league team called the Chattanooga Choo-Choos, essentially a farm team for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League, and he helped take the team to the Negro League World Series. Doubt they played at Taylor.
But he did also play for the Trenton Giants in 1950.
Also there was likely still some barnstorming going on so who knows?
I can't find any indication he played there but ...
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