RIP SAY HEY KID

[Hangman]

Just announced Willie Mays Died today

 

[msgkings322]

Yeah just heard. Sad but had to happen at some point. So who is now the greatest living ball player? Bonds?

 

[stanford the manford]

So much to say, maybe the best ambassador to MLB ever

 

[Hangman]

Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead

Willie Mays, the iconic “Say Hey Kid” widely considered MLB’s best-ever player, died, days before the San Francisco Giants’ Rickwood Field tribute game.

www.sfchronicle.com

 

[YourFriendGannon]

Was just thinking about him because this was announced one day ago:

https://www.mlb.com/news/willie-mays-will-not-attend-2024-mlb-rickwood-field-game

 

[Robotech]

RIP

 

[tzill]

Yeah just heard. Sad but had to happen at some point. So who is now the greatest living ball player? Bonds?

100%

 

[sf1giantfan]

Very sad day

 

[calsnowskier]

Just got to the point in the game where Jon made the announcement. While not surprising, still floored me.

 

[calsnowskier]

We knew he wasn’t going to be at the game on Thursday, I thought he would at least be able to watch it (ar listen to it, as I believe his sight has been bad the last couple years)

 

[LHG]

Sad for his family. He lived a long life and was an amazing ballplayer. Wonder if @Mays-Fan will make an appearance for condolences.

 

[calsnowskier]

Yeah just heard. Sad but had to happen at some point. So who is now the greatest living ball player? Bonds?

No one else comes close. But he will never get that recognition.

 

[calsnowskier]

Sad for his family. He lived a long life and was an amazing ballplayer. Wonder if @Mays-Fan will make an appearance for condolences.

Sadly not likely. He “cussed” me out as he left the board, but I still considered him a friend and miss him here.

 

[LHG]

Sadly not likely. He “cussed” me out as he left the board, but I still considered him a friend and miss him here.

I know we had our differences but he was a fan and so maybe this will bring him back, at least temporarily.

 

[calsnowskier]

Just at the point where they had the moment of silence in the game. Jon is having a rough time.

this can’t be easy for the team old-timers.

 

[fknhippie]

RIP, you were a favorite.

 

[wood20ks]

Class act.......RIP Willie.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I posted this in the other thread, but want to post it in here too for posterity if that's okay...


He was one of my favorite players when I was a kid growing up in Queens.
Then even more so when he became a NY Met in '72 while I was in HS.
Great memories.


I met him years later here in SF at a book signing for his "Say Hey" autobiography in 1988...and the line to get into the bookstore went all the way down the block and around the next corner near Union Square...then after maybe an hour or so later as it was finally my turn to enter with the next group of 10 folks, he noticed I was wearing a Mets cap and asked why...I told him I was a native NYer/Mets fan and he was one of my baseball idols as a kid.
He smiled, said thank you young man, then shook my hand and asked if I like living in SF...and if I've ever been to Candlestick Park to see a Giants game....I said yes I love this city..and told him that I have been to the "stick" numerous times for Giants games....then he wanted to know which player on the Giants I liked most...I told him it was ex- Mets OFer Kevin Mitchell.....his smile got bigger as he was signing his book I had purchased and said good answer, and that he (Mitchell) was his favorite too.

I will never forget that brief moment and brush with greatness.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

R.I.P.