BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Willie Mays was just 16 years old when he went to play for the Birmingham Black Barons, beginning what would be a star-making turn as one of baseball’s most iconic ...

Willie Mays, one of the greatest baseball players ... Mays was one of the most gifted all-around players ever and his signature play -- and one of the most iconic plays in baseball history ...

Sign autographs, take pictures, tell stories, play golf with the high rollers. Be Willie Mays. Mays didn’t gamble, or drink, and even in retirement being Willie Mays depleted him, but he was ...

“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Howard Mays Jr. (1931–2024 ... In 1973, Mays signed with the New York Mets, where he would play his final two seasons. Mays started his Major League career by winning the 1951 ...

How cool is that? But the game this past season wasn’t just about Willie Mays. The Cardinals were chosen to play the Giants because of another historical figure from Birmingham who is still ...

Alabama to Ann and Willie Howard Mays Sr., Mays played baseball with his father on an industrial-league team in Birmingham, according to MLB. By 15, he was already playing in the Negro Leagues for ...

If you look closely enough, while no beams, seats, or foul lines ever existed in this location, there are still ghosts of ...

Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, were clearly two of the best to ever play baseball, but Willie Mays might have topped them ...

Willie Mays took his all-around brilliance from the ... “All I ever wanted was to play baseball forever. Leo [Durocher] always thought I could.” By Eddie B.

Willie Mays started and ended his career in the same ... That was easily the most memorable play of an unexpected World Series sweep by the Giants over the Indians. At 5-10 and 170 pounds, Mays ...