My Baseball hero in the 1950s Willie Mays

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I went to see the greatest all around Major league Baseball player at that time in 1950 - 60s. Willie Mays who was a better Baseball player than Mickey Mantle, center fielder for the New York Yankees. But Mays never really received the recognition that he deserve back then.

Mays was a center fielder for the New York Giant who would move to San Francisco, California..

"Say hey what you say" that what Willie Mays said to me in the old Pelican stadium center field - New York Giants exhibition game. And we started eating some fried chicken together 1952 New Orleans Louisiana, I was 12 years old.

I said how are you doing Willie as the over flow crowd pushed me into center field where Mays was truly boss man. Willie Mays could run, catch, hit, and throw, with equal greatness - that you hardly ever would see in a Baseball player.

Mickey Mantle was a great hitter, as Willie Mary could do it all.
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1. Willie Mays

Baseball player

2. Willie Howard Mays, Jr., nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid" is an American former professional baseball player who spent the majority of his Major League Baseball career as a center fielder with the New York ... Wikipedia
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4. Born: May 6, 1931 (age 83), Westfield, AL
5. Position: Center fielder
6. Number: 24 (New York Giants / Center fielder), 24 (San Francisco Giants / Center fielder)
7. Spouse: Mae Louise Allen (m. 1971–2013), Margherite Wendell Chapman (m. 1956–1961)
8. Children: Michael Mays
9. Awards: National League Most Valuable Player Award, Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

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