Baseball Icon, Willie Mays, Passes Away at 93

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The dynamic baseball Hall of Fame baseball icon, Willie Mays, who was known to be one of the best all-around players, has passed away at the age of 93, the San Francisco Giants announced. Mays’ electrifying combination of talent, drive and exuberance for the game of baseball made him one of the greatest and most beloved players. Mays passed away “peacefully and among loved ones,” his son, Michael Mays, said in a release from the Giants on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, the Major League Baseball franchise with which Mays was most associated. “I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood,” Michael Mays said. The center fielder, who began his professional career in the Negro Leagues in 1948, had been baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer. He was voted into the Hall in 1979, his first year of eligibility, and in 1999 followed only Babe Ruth on The Sporting News’ list of the game’s top stars. The Giants retired his uniform number, 24, and set their AT&T Park in San Francisco on Willie Mays...