‘Let’s watch Mays’

This is the statue honoring SF Giant and Hall of Famer Willie Howard Mays Jr. at Giant Stadium, San Francisco. Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, was Willie Mays Day in San Francisco. – Photo: Robert Gumpert, Feb. 7, 2024 Wish Willie Mays a happy birthday on May 6 by Howard Isaac Williams Willie Mays was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Many who know the game call him the greatest.& Every Giants fan from New York and San Francisco who enjoyed the game in the 1950s and ‘60s has vivid memories of Mays delivering a clutch hit, making a leaping catch or throwing out a baserunner from deep in the outfield. Or making a daring dash along the base paths. One of the most difficult plays in baseball is to score from first base on a single. A fan is far more likely to see a batter swat a pitch 400 feet than to see a runner successfully dash 270 feet from first to home on a one base hit. Near the finish of the 1966 season, the Giants were battling the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League pennant. It would become another illustrious chapter in what...