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Willie Mays
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 6:53 pm
by mookie
90 years old tomorrow.
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 7:15 pm
by whiz wit
mookie wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 6:53 pm
90 years old tomorrow.
Would have been a great wrestler - probably with his own style.
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 7:38 pm
by mookie
Greatest 5 tool player ever. Dake & Sanderson would be the equivalent wrestlers.
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:25 pm
by TMH
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.
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 7:45 am
by Spladle1989
Willie Mays Hayes, that guy was lightening......but 5 tool? Nah.........
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 8:08 am
by jdalu75
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.
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 10:47 pm
by Sundayamqb
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?
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:06 am
by mookie
"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.
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:19 am
by jdalu75
To be clear, Mays denied that he ever said "Say Hey".
Re: Willie Mays
Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:39 am
by gimpeltf
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 ...