In 1993 my uncle took me to a Giant's game. Willie Mays was in the stadium that day. My uncle had told me that he knew Willie. Of course I thought that my uncle was full of it. Twords the end of the game my uncle took me up a elevator and introduced me to Mr Mays. Apparently they played golf together. Willie was great. Very easy to talk to.
I’m was born in Oakland 1956 by 1965 I was starting to see the game .Willie was showing what a player is. MJ , Curry of baseball skill wise . Basket catch any where on the field . asked if it was showboating said no just a better way for me to come out throwing . Runners didn’t test Willie , he’d throw a bullet to third or second base , home plate , as a runner He’d make everybody stop running because they don’t wanna get gunned down .
The greatest all-around player in baseball history. He had everything. He was truly beyond amazing as a ballplayer, and I am so happy he is still with us.
Greatest, most entertaining & personable 5-tool player of all time. Would've hit 800 home runs had he not been based in the terrible Candlestick Park in SF.
@@warrensworld631 If Willie had played in Atlanta (the "launching pad) and had not missed those two prime years due to military service, it is probable that he would have hit 800 or more homers. Ted Williams missed 5 years due to service. He might have hit around 750 or so. Ruth pitched for 5 years. How many might he have added to his total of 714? Only Aaron seem unaffected by circumstances. What a man he was.
@@anatoldenevers237 Willie was pretty much a god anywhere you put him. An arm like a howitzer, speed to burn, a REALLY smart player. He is routinely called the best all around player ever. So, doesn't that make him the greatest player ever? As for Ted, a magician with the bat. 700 home runs plus seems highly likely had he not spent so much time serving his country.
I saw him play one time. It was 1973 when he was playing his last season with the Mets. Mets-Phillies at the Vet. I was 11yo, but I knew all about him of course. It was only years later that it occurred to me that there were four future HOFers in that game. Carlton, Schmidt, Seaver and Mays. I remember we got there early and I went down by the field while Willie was playing catch on the side with somebody and I thought “Wow, Willie Mays is standing 10 feet away from me!” It seemed like a huge deal to me at that time. Thanks Dad, it was a great night, RIP.
What an outstanding job Danny Glover on this tribute to Willie Mays a naturally gifted Athlete no performance enhancing just natural Raw Talent God Bless Willie Mays on his 90th Birthday
I am 60 yrs old. I saw Mays play at end of his career with Mets. If you look at his numbers as well as the stories of his style and longevity, he would have to be first pick, first round.
When I was just a kid i remember watching a game where the opposing team had the bases loaded nobody out the guy hit a long fly ball to the warning track mays caught it and the runners held now that is R e s p e c t
The greatest overall embassador of the game of baseball, and possibly in all of sports that ever was in the world. He played and lived the right way. Whatever you do in life, have fun and enjoy it. Always be positive, no matter the outcome. I don't believe I've ever heard anything bad about him, or anything about him being angry about anything. Certainly a role model for everyone across all walks of life and all ages. You are, and will be missed very much, Willie. I'm sure you know that you took a piece of the heart of baseball with you. RIP Willie Mays, from Birmingham, Alabama.
Hey Willie, I will probably never know if you read this or not but I want you to know that you sir have always been a hero to me and that there is nothing better in life than watching you on the field! Thank You Willie.💪👍👌❤️
Willie Mays was the greatest I ever saw. He was made to play baseball and did it with such ease and class. As they say in the video, Willie wasn't just the greatest ever, but also a great performer. He just had a magic about him that will never be seen again in MLB.
Ì was 12 years old in 1967. At the new Busch Stadium. Giants vs Cardinals. Marichal vs Gibson. My dad and brother and me are 12 rows behind the Giants dugout. Willie is on deck and I hollered "hey Willie." He looked up and hollered "hey Son". That was a great thrill for me. Cardinals and Gibby won the game 1 to 0. What a pitchers duel. Never forget that.
Growing up in Brooklyn NY in the early 60's, up to today I'm a NY Yankees fan. But, I would follow the SF Giants and try watch Mr. Mays on TV games especially when they came to play the Mets. He is one of my all time MLB hero right along with my all time OF in MLB, Aaron in LF and Clemente in RF The Hey Kid in CF... I even use to emulate his basket catches while playing stick ball in the streets of NYC... :) Thank you Mr. Mays... 👍
Nobody in the Major League today will ever be ad GREAT as WILLIE MAYS! The difference between TODAYS PLAYERS and when WILLIE MAYS played, is $$$$!! The generation when WILLIE MAYS played was the ENJOYMENT of the GAME!
I can't even describe Willie...he was...he is...incomparable. He was so good, blind people would come to see him play. I can still remember seeing him him shagging flies in the Shea Stadium outfield as a little kid...watching his every move...like he was literally a God on earth, Then, trying to run to 2nd and make my cap fall off. Just like Willie. I wore my pants...just like Willie. I swung the bat just like Willie. I threw the ball just like Willie. Was lucky enough to meet him in 1973. The true Greatest of All Time. Happy Birthday Kid!
My grandpa grew up a kid in New York in the '40s and '50s. He was a Giants fanatic, and one day he was finally able to see them play in person. He said when he watched Willie run out to his position at the beginning of the game he cried. Legend. Greatest of all time.
I remember this as a 10 year old kid. There was a wiffle ball set at the local Rexall drugstore back in the early to mid 60s. I wanted it so bad. What hooked me so bad was the label on it. 2 words: "Mantle & Mays", complete with their picture on the label. 10 year old total bliss!!!
I remember watching Willie Mays in the 1960s when I went to the Giants-Mets games in Shea Stadium. He made everything look easy. When he came up to bat the entire stadium gave him a standing ovation ❤️❤️❤️❤️
First time I saw him 1965 two doubles . The stick was open to the bay from center field . A cyclone fence was the out field wall. Wind would hold many hrs up . Reporter Asked Willie how Many Hrs did u loose to the wind? . He said I lost 10 hrs , interviewer asked only 10 ? Willie replied yea 10 a yr. that is swag don’t care who u are .
The “say hey kid” with the over the shoulder catch in 54’ World Series. Sometimes imitated but never duplicated. Definitely a giant of the game. Absolutely awesome!!! Happy 90th Willie.
That basket catch is smooth af! I've played the outfield and know it takes big balls of steel to try it...and he did that in game! Happy birthday Mr Mays!
I envy those who got to watch him play, especially in his (Say)heyday. I did get to see some game-changers, such as Rickey and Junior, but I think the best baseball was played even before I got to see my first game back in '75 Happy Birthday, Willie.
Only MLB player to hit at least one home run in his career in the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th innings. I was a 7-year old in 1963 growing up in the Bay Area & listening on the radio when he hit the HR in the 16th inning, vs. Warren Spahn to win a 1-0 pitching duel. Only Stan Musial played more MLB games without being ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. Greatest athlete I ever saw and incontestably the GOAT.
Nah that was in his very early years. Mays ended up in a very fancy home when he moved to San Francisco. They did magazine spreads on how well his home was furnished. His 1st wife Margherite was very sophisticated and was known to be a lavish spender.
Truly to this day If he (Willie)) was playing he’d be the highest paid player ever. . There have been many great players , Willie , Hank ,Barry, Rickey .,. I saw them all play in person . Mays 3=4x ? Aaron 1x Barry Seriously countless x Only problem is I never got one of his home runs
It just seems like there should be a separate hall of fame for players like mays. Guys make to the hall with great stats and numbers and then there's mays who transcends numbers and changes the game itself to make it more exciting.
All time Baseball lineup. See if you agree. Have to leave some All time greats off the starting lineup so forgive me please. Leadoff hitter, none other than Ricky Henderson-left field. Batting 2nd the greatest All around player ever playing center field, Willie Mays. Batting third, the best run producer of all time, Albert Pujols. Batting 4th, the legitimate home run King, Henry Aaron.Right field. Batting 5th playing 3rd base, Mike Schmidt. Batting 6th, Catcher Johnny Bench. Batting 7th playing 2nd base, Ryne Sandberg. Batting 8th, shortstop Ozzie Smith and DH Stan Musial. Starting pitchers, Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson, Walter Johnson. Bullpen Mariano Rivera, Bruce SS
In 1993 my uncle took me to a Giant's game. Willie Mays was in the stadium that day. My uncle had told me that he knew Willie. Of course I thought that my uncle was full of it. Twords the end of the game my uncle took me up a elevator and introduced me to Mr Mays. Apparently they played golf together. Willie was great. Very easy to talk to.
That's really great. Thanks for sharing.
Cool story
That’s really cool
SAY HEY! 😯
Thrill of a lifetime. Good for you . your dad is a good guy
The Greatest Player of All Time
The only thing my father and father in law agreed on “the best player I ever saw”
I’m was born in Oakland 1956 by 1965 I was starting to see the game .Willie was showing what a player is. MJ , Curry of baseball skill wise .
Basket catch any where on the field . asked if it was showboating said no just a better way for me to come out throwing .
Runners didn’t test Willie , he’d throw a bullet to third or second base , home plate , as a runner He’d make everybody stop running because they don’t wanna get gunned down .
@@tellthetruthg interesting about the basket catch never heard that before thanks 🙏
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The greatest all-around player in baseball history. He had everything. He was truly beyond amazing as a ballplayer, and I am so happy he is still with us.
EXACTLY!
completely agree. the ultimate five-tool player. the true GOAT!!!!!!
No the Bonds was
@@Max-wd6og Steroids.
@@yourroyalhighness7662 never tested positive
Greatest, most entertaining & personable 5-tool player of all time. Would've hit 800 home runs had he not been based in the terrible Candlestick Park in SF.
Absolutely!
@@yourroyalhighness7662 ...And lost almost 2 seasons to military duty.
@@warrensworld631 If Willie had played in Atlanta (the "launching pad) and had not missed those two prime years due to military service, it is probable that he would have hit 800 or more homers.
Ted Williams missed 5 years due to service. He might have hit around 750 or so.
Ruth pitched for 5 years. How many might he have added to his total of 714?
Only Aaron seem unaffected by circumstances. What a man he was.
@@yourroyalhighness7662 I really would love to see what Williams and Mays would have done without lost time. Gods at the plate
@@anatoldenevers237 Willie was pretty much a god anywhere you put him. An arm like a howitzer, speed to burn, a REALLY smart player. He is routinely called the best all around player ever. So, doesn't that make him the greatest player ever?
As for Ted, a magician with the bat. 700 home runs plus seems highly likely had he not spent so much time serving his country.
NOW this guy is what the hall of fame was built for
Just passed away ❤
Would’ve broken Babe Ruth’s record if not for Korea.. Willie Mays was my father’s Ken Griffey Jr. We shared the love of number 24. God bless baseball.
True but if we were going by best circumstances griffey would have over 800 home runs
@@squegeez. Mays would have had more than 800 homers too if he played in the Kingdome like Griffey did.
I agree and he also had to hit into the wind off the bay at Candlestick all those years. I wonder how many homeruns that cost him.
@@tonkacola Yeah and he was only an average size guy 5"11 185 pounds,so when he hit 52 in 1965 , how many were robbed by the wind?
@@vernpascal1531 I've met Mays I say he's between 5'9" and 5'10".
I saw him play one time. It was 1973 when he was playing his last season with the Mets. Mets-Phillies at the Vet. I was 11yo, but I knew all about him of course. It was only years later that it occurred to me that there were four future HOFers in that game. Carlton, Schmidt, Seaver and Mays. I remember we got there early and I went down by the field while Willie was playing catch on the side with somebody and I thought “Wow, Willie Mays is standing 10 feet away from me!” It seemed like a huge deal to me at that time. Thanks Dad, it was a great night, RIP.
''Willie was Cirque du Soleil in cleats.''
GOAT
What an outstanding job Danny Glover on this tribute to Willie Mays a naturally gifted Athlete no performance enhancing just natural Raw Talent God Bless Willie Mays on his 90th Birthday
THE LEGEND,THE AMAZING, THE INCOMPARABLE, THE GREAT WILLIE MAYS
The most magical player in mlb history the GOAT willie mays
I am 60 yrs old. I saw Mays play at end of his career with Mets. If you look at his numbers as well as the stories of his style and longevity, he would have to be first pick, first round.
Happy 90th birthday to the GOAT the Say Hey Kid Willie Mays! The greatest that ever played the game.
A Legend among Legends. Rest In Peace, the world will forever remember that childlike smile dominating a sport
When I was just a kid i remember watching a game where the opposing team had the bases loaded nobody out the guy hit a long fly ball to the warning track mays caught it and the runners held now that is R e s p e c t
Happy Birthday to the G.O.A.T, Willie Mays 🐐 ⚾
So beautiful, happy birthday Willie!
The greatest overall embassador of the game of baseball, and possibly in all of sports that ever was in the world. He played and lived the right way. Whatever you do in life, have fun and enjoy it. Always be positive, no matter the outcome. I don't believe I've ever heard anything bad about him, or anything about him being angry about anything. Certainly a role model for everyone across all walks of life and all ages. You are, and will be missed very much, Willie. I'm sure you know that you took a piece of the heart of baseball with you. RIP Willie Mays, from Birmingham, Alabama.
The Goat 🐐 Of Baseball The Say Hey Kid Happy Birthday And Many More To Come ❗️
GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED WILLIE MAYS...AND THOSE OF US FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN HIM PLAY.
Hey Willie, I will probably never know if you read this or not but I want you to know that you sir have always been a hero to me and that there is nothing better in life than watching you on the field! Thank You Willie.💪👍👌❤️
RIP Willie, the 1950's MLB ERA's last Hero!! (Recognized anyway).
The LEGEND...HAPPY BIRTHDAY to "The Say Hey Kid"..🥳🥳👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾💯💯💯🙏🏾🙏🏾May God continue to bless you sir..❤🤗🙏🏾🙏🏾
Willie Mays was the greatest I ever saw. He was made to play baseball and did it with such ease and class. As they say in the video, Willie wasn't just the greatest ever, but also a great performer. He just had a magic about him that will never be seen again in MLB.
Ì was 12 years old in 1967. At the new Busch Stadium. Giants vs Cardinals. Marichal vs Gibson. My dad and brother and me are 12 rows behind the Giants dugout. Willie is on deck and I hollered "hey Willie." He looked up and hollered "hey Son". That was a great thrill for me. Cardinals and Gibby won the game 1 to 0. What a pitchers duel. Never forget that.
If you’re on the field of dreams, Mays is the first player you pick.
Happy 90th birthday say hey kid may you have many many more you are my hero the greatest player that ever lived no debate
Happy birthday, to a living legend, an Icon and one of the best to ever do it, here’s to 90 🍻 Mr. Willie Mays 🎉🎊🍾🥳
RIP kid. Will forever be one of the greats of baseball
Today he is 91 and I'm still smiling. Love that guy.
Happy 91, Say Hey!
They'll NEVER be another Willie Mays. Him and Rickey Henderson are the greatest of all time
Growing up in Brooklyn NY in the early 60's, up to today I'm a NY Yankees fan. But, I would follow the SF Giants and try watch Mr. Mays on TV games especially when they came to play the Mets. He is one of my all time MLB hero right along with my all time OF in MLB, Aaron in LF and Clemente in RF The Hey Kid in CF... I even use to emulate his basket catches while playing stick ball in the streets of NYC... :) Thank you Mr. Mays... 👍
Great tribute! Happy Birthday Willie!
Willie Mays was and is The Greatest Baseball Player EVER. The GOAT
Greatest ever. Words can’t describe him because it’s just won’t do him justice.
Nobody in the Major League
today will ever be ad GREAT
as WILLIE MAYS!
The difference between
TODAYS PLAYERS and when
WILLIE MAYS played, is $$$$!!
The generation when
WILLIE MAYS played was the
ENJOYMENT of the GAME!
Wow what an awesome tribute to an amazing person and a great ball player the Say Hey Kid! ❤
What a game we'd have if all players had his love and dedication to the sport! Simply put "THE BEST EVER!"
The say hey kid!! Beautiful baseball player, One of a kind , Play baseball everywhere against everyone I love you willie !!!
I can't even describe Willie...he was...he is...incomparable. He was so good, blind people would come to see him play. I can still remember seeing him him shagging flies in the Shea Stadium outfield as a little kid...watching his every move...like he was literally a God on earth, Then, trying to run to 2nd and make my cap fall off. Just like Willie. I wore my pants...just like Willie. I swung the bat just like Willie. I threw the ball just like Willie. Was lucky enough to meet him in 1973. The true Greatest of All Time. Happy Birthday Kid!
My grandpa grew up a kid in New York in the '40s and '50s. He was a Giants fanatic, and one day he was finally able to see them play in person. He said when he watched Willie run out to his position at the beginning of the game he cried. Legend. Greatest of all time.
i discovered that I am a Distant relative of Willie Mays. This video was so in light, thank you!
Amazing!!
I remember this as a 10 year old kid. There was a wiffle ball set at the local Rexall drugstore back in the early to mid 60s. I wanted it so bad. What hooked me so bad was the label on it. 2 words: "Mantle & Mays", complete with their picture on the label. 10 year old total bliss!!!
GOAT....hands down
Very well done MLB Network and Danny Glover!!!! Way to honor an icon.
I remember watching Willie Mays in the 1960s when I went to the Giants-Mets games in Shea Stadium. He made everything look easy. When he came up to bat the entire stadium gave him a standing ovation ❤️❤️❤️❤️
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIE!
First time I saw him 1965 two doubles . The stick was open to the bay from center field . A cyclone fence was the out field wall. Wind would hold many hrs up . Reporter Asked Willie how Many Hrs did u loose to the wind? . He said I lost 10 hrs , interviewer asked only 10 ? Willie replied yea 10 a yr. that is swag don’t care who u are .
That's 62 then!
Today, May 6, 2022, Willie turns 91. HAPPY BD WILLIE.
Greatest player that ever lived... I’m sure I will get pushback on that... but honestly how could you argue it?
There's Ruth, Williams and Bonds...
@@treygray2817 agreed
What a legend!! I’m so grateful that god blessed Baseball and the world with this amazing soul! He truly loved playing baseball, every minute of it.
The “say hey kid” with the over the shoulder catch in 54’ World Series. Sometimes imitated but never duplicated. Definitely a giant of the game. Absolutely awesome!!! Happy 90th Willie.
The GOAT for sure. I saw him hit two at Wrigley in 1959 when I was 10. What a great era- Mays, Aaron, Clemente, Musial, Williams, Mantle and more.
Happy Birthday Willie.
My buddies at work all argue with me, I say Willie Mayes is the best ever
That basket catch is smooth af! I've played the outfield and know it takes big balls of steel to try it...and he did that in game! Happy birthday Mr Mays!
I envy those who got to watch him play, especially in his (Say)heyday. I did get to see some game-changers, such as Rickey and Junior, but I think the best baseball was played even before I got to see my first game back in '75 Happy Birthday, Willie.
It would be a dream to go back in time to watch this guy play ball
Willie was great
When you are the best, and play the hardest, and love playing the most... you have Willie Mays.
The GOAT of baseball prove me wrong 😎
If only we could of watch him play back in the 50 and 60s
''THE SAY HEY KID'' that so many wanted to be.....
My dad has told me about seeing Willie Mays play Stan Musial at Sportsman Park in St. Louis when he was a kid.
God bless you Willie
The type of contract he would be worth in today's game would be unbelievable. ...he was a real super star and the endorsements would be enormous. ...
My father told me not to smoke, behave in school and Willie Mays was the greatest player in mlb history.
Only MLB player to hit at least one home run in his career in the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th innings. I was a 7-year old in 1963 growing up in the Bay Area & listening on the radio when he hit the HR in the 16th inning, vs. Warren Spahn to win a 1-0 pitching duel. Only Stan Musial played more MLB games without being ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. Greatest athlete I ever saw and incontestably the GOAT.
The most gifted baseball player of all time.
I saw him the last ten years of his career, and he was still one of the best.
'65 was one of his best seasons at age 34.
I got to see my idol in 1968 at the Stick. The Cardinals were in town. The Greatest player of all time!
g.o.a.t- legend. no drugs,no excuses, no bs
Rest In Peace GOAT
Poetry In Motion with no PEDS! Say Hey Willie!
Willie Mays my favorite baseball player also was a big fan of Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente
Happy Birthday Willie Mays say hey 90 🎂⚾️
Proud to share the same birthday as the legend.
Well damn..... Willie lived in the same apartment as the average man. Can't imagine one of these "superstars" doing that today.
Nah that was in his very early years. Mays ended up in a very fancy home when he moved to San Francisco.
They did magazine spreads on how well his home was furnished. His 1st wife Margherite was very sophisticated and was known to be a lavish spender.
What a great short film. Sharing this with my kids. Nice work, @mlb
Willie Mickey and The Duke
Now we are talking baseball !!
Joe D Joe D!!! Legends!!!!Bless u Willie and your legend!
Happy Birthday Willie!
The true definition of a 5 tool player.... Happy belated birthday Willie 🥳🥳🥳 #24
Certainly playing centerfield and batting 3rd in my all-time greatest roster.
HBD to the G.O.A.T.
GOAT
the goat
Truly to this day If he (Willie)) was playing he’d be the highest paid player ever. . There have been many great players , Willie , Hank ,Barry, Rickey .,. I saw them all play in person . Mays 3=4x ? Aaron 1x Barry Seriously countless x Only problem is I never got one of his home runs
Can’t believe the Bay got Willie Mays and Steph Curry
bonds
My baseball idol. Go Giants
NUMBER 24 THAT A MAMBA NUMBER SO HE WAS THE FIRST MAMBA
It just seems like there should be a separate hall of fame for players like mays. Guys make to the hall with great stats and numbers and then there's mays who transcends numbers and changes the game itself to make it more exciting.
24 👏🏾
All time Baseball lineup. See if you agree. Have to leave some All time greats off the starting lineup so forgive me please. Leadoff hitter, none other than Ricky Henderson-left field. Batting 2nd the greatest All around player ever playing center field, Willie Mays. Batting third, the best run producer of all time, Albert Pujols. Batting 4th, the legitimate home run King, Henry Aaron.Right field. Batting 5th playing 3rd base, Mike Schmidt. Batting 6th, Catcher Johnny Bench. Batting 7th playing 2nd base, Ryne Sandberg. Batting 8th, shortstop Ozzie Smith and DH Stan Musial. Starting pitchers, Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson, Walter Johnson. Bullpen Mariano Rivera, Bruce SS
Say hey 👋
I bet MLB Network has these video clips already produced for players for when they pass away.
G.O.A.T.
What is the name of the song used at the very beginning of this video? Does anyone know?
No mention of Ali in that list of all time greats.
“You may run like mays but you hit like sh*t”