For much of the 1960s, Mays was baseball’s highest-paid player; in 1970, his salary was $135,000, or about $1.1 million today ...

Willie Mays, one of the greatest ... Context is needed to appreciate the true greatness of The Catch. First and foremost, the game was played at the Polo Grounds in New York, and it was ...

Considered by many the greatest player in baseball history, Willie ... most famous catch, grabbing a titanic drive by Cleveland’s Vic Wertz in dead center field at the Polo Grounds.