It can’t be lost that this house, this home, is holding on now. Holding on in obscurity about a long centerfield throw from Rickwood Field (at least for Willie), where a teenaged Mays made his ...

It’s a home Mays, who died Tuesday at 93 ... “There’s a saying going around that Willie Mays could throw a ball from the back of the house and run around and catch it.

Long after "The Catch" and his 660 home runs ... field and throw like Mays did during his career spent mostly with the Giants in New York and San Francisco. "Willie could do everything from ...

Counting the home run, Mr. Mays, a right-handed batter ... “When they hit it, I catch it. When they throw it, I hit it. Very simple.” Willie Mays, a perennial all-star center fielder for ...

Baseball legend Willie ... But Mays sprinted to the edge of the Polo Grounds - known for its unusually deep center field - and made an over-the-shoulder catch. He robbed Wertz of a home run ...

Willie Mays, the baseball superstar who played for ... and in scoring barreled over the Expos’ catcher. The harmless throw home caromed into the Montreal dugout. Martinez had a triple.

Willie Howard Mays Jr., who died Tuesday at age 93, was the archetypal “five tool player” who could run, catch, throw, hit and hit ... Spahn gave up a walk-off home run. You know who hit ...

Willie Mays could run, hit, field and throw and did all of it with the flair ... the Hall of Famer smashed 660 career home runs (sixth best all-time), tallied 3,283 hits (12th) and won four ...

345 and hitting 41 home runs to go along with 110 RBIs. Mays won his other NL MVP in 1965. "I fell in love with baseball because of Willie ... catch and quick relay throw prevented both runners ...

GOLDMAN: And gone - home run No. 600 on the way to ... The catch, and throw, that saved the day was vintage Willie Mays for another reason. He wasn't just about skill, but flair, too.

Willie Mays, a perennial all-star center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants in the 1950s and ’60s whose powerful bat, superb athletic grace and crafty baseball acumen earned him a ...