RIP Willie Mays

[MuggsyB]

Top 5 ever? 

[Jockey]

The GOAT!

[tower912]

In the conversation.  All anyone can ask.

RIP.

[MuggsyB]

Very sad.  Way before my time but Mays or Aaron?

[The Sultan]

"Hey this guy died. Let's use the occasion to debate if he was better than his peers."

[MuggsyB]

"Hey this guy died. Let's use the occasion to debate if he was better than his peers."

Spare us Fluffy. 

[The Sultan]

Spare us Fluffy. 

Irony.

[MuggsyB]

Irony.

Respecting Mr. Mays can be about discussing his greatness.  Instead, you decided to make an asinine comment for no reason known to man. 

[The Sultan]

Respecting Mr. Mays can be about discussing his greatness.  Instead, you decided to make an asinine comment for no reason known to man. 

More irony.

[PGsHeroes32]

More irony.

Its Muggs involving a human being

You def can't be surprised.

[MuggsyB]

Its Muggs involving a human being

You def can't be surprised.

I'm not the problem at all.  I was simply asking a question and hoping those who saw him could shed some light on his greatness. 

[The Sultan]

He was great.
Aaron was great too.

Hope this helps.

[dgies9156]

Saw them both in person. They epitomized what baseball is about.

Both Henry Aaron and Willie Mays were ultra-skilled baseball players whose love of the game made their talents look almost effortless.

Mr. Mays suffered from playing in the Arctic Circle of baseball parks -- Candlestick Park in San Francisco -- and his home run total suffered compared to Mr. Aaron's. But they were both incredible and outstanding representatives for the game. Both will be missed terribly.

RIP Willie. You made this fan very happy watching you.

[MuggsyB]

Saw them both in person. They epitomized what baseball is about.

Both Henry Aaron and Willie Mays were ultra-skilled baseball players whose love of the game made their talents look almost effortless.

Mr. Mays suffered from playing in the Arctic Circle of baseball parks -- Candlestick Park in San Francisco -- and his home run total suffered compared to Mr. Aaron's. But they were both incredible and outstanding representatives for the game. Both will be missed terribly.

RIP Willie. You made this fan very happy watching you.

Ty brother dgies. 

[muwarrior69]

Saw them both in person. They epitomized what baseball is about.

Both Henry Aaron and Willie Mays were ultra-skilled baseball players whose love of the game made their talents look almost effortless.

Mr. Mays suffered from playing in the Arctic Circle of baseball parks -- Candlestick Park in San Francisco -- and his home run total suffered compared to Mr. Aaron's. But they were both incredible and outstanding representatives for the game. Both will be missed terribly.

RIP Willie. You made this fan very happy watching you.

Yes, he was a great hitter, but I'll always remember as a 7-year-old watching that catch in the '54 World Series on TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrsg_-dV7Q

[Herman Cain]

Top 5 ever?

Willie Mays was arguably The Greatest Player in Baseball History. Was a joy to watch , saw him live in his late prime when he was still producing .

His 1965 season was one the best individual performances , 52 Home runs was an incredible year  with Home games at Candlestick.

His fielding was the absolute Gold Standard and an incredible arm.

Of course he hung on 4 years too long and is an oft cited example of why players should not stay beyond their expire date.

First Jerry West and now Willie Mays . Losing Icons like they were is tough

[MU82]

I'm a little too young to remember him in his prime, but Mays was my dad's all-time fave.

What I do remember was a guy who always represented baseball with joy and dignity. He LOVED the game, and it showed every time he talked about it.

[MuggsyB]

I'm a little too young to remember him in his prime, but Mays was my dad's all-time fave.

What I do remember was a guy who always represented baseball with joy and dignity. He LOVED the game, and it showed every time he talked about it.

He and Aaron were normal sized guys. But somehow, they thwacked close to 1400 HR's between them. 

[Mutaman]

"Hey this guy died. Let's use the occasion to debate if he was better than his peers."

Seems like a reasonable thing to do.

[Mutaman]

Yes, he was a great hitter, but I'll always remember as a 7-year-old watching that catch in the '54 World Series on TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrsg_-dV7Q

Why weren't you in school? I was 7 and came home from school after that game and all I heard about was some guy named Dusty Rhodes. 

Also we were to poor to own a tv in 1954.

[Lennys Tap]

Why weren't you in school? I was 7 and came home from school after that game and all I heard about was some guy named Dusty Rhodes. 

Also we were to poor to own a tv in 1954.

Exactly. I had just turned 6 and was in first grade. No TV, no transistor radios even. Even when the White Sox made the series in '59 we had to run ,home to watch the last couple of innings of the weekday games. Nuns were every bit as mean as Nurse Ratched.

[Tyler COLEk]

Any baseball fan should spend some time on Mays' baseball reference: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayswi01.shtml

10 straight gold gloves in CF. Never had double digit errors in the outfield in a season. OPS+ of 145 in his age 41 season.

[The Sultan]

Seems like a reasonable thing to do.

Nah

[MU82]

[Uncle Rico]

He was pretty good