Grant's Rant: 6-19-24 RIP Willie Mays
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🗓️ 19 June 2024
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Grant. |
| 0:03.0 | Grant. |
| 0:05.0 | And this rant is brought to you by New Works Plumbing of Sacramento. |
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| 0:17.3 | boy it has been a rough couple of weeks as we have had to say goodbye to some of the all-time greats in the sports world of we say goodbye to Jerry West and now the say hey kid |
| 0:34.1 | Willie Mays arguably the greatest player in the history of baseball |
| 0:39.2 | gone when you think about Willie Mays I think about the catch in 1954, the World Series that the New York Giants won, |
| 0:46.2 | game one, still to this day, arguably the greatest catch in the history of baseball. |
| 0:52.0 | Phenomenal. |
| 0:53.3 | But you look at his career numbers, |
| 0:54.9 | 301 batting average, 3,293 hits, |
| 0:59.2 | 660 Homer's, 1909 RBIs. He started his career in 48 with the Birmingham Black Barons. |
| 1:07.0 | New York, San Francisco, 51 to 52, served in the military and the Korean War, then came back to play from 54 to 72 with the Giants, |
| 1:15.6 | ended his career with the Mets in 1972 for a season. |
| 1:19.3 | Think about this, 24-time All-Star, |
| 1:22.3 | the World Series, as I mentioned in 1954 with that great, great |
| 1:26.6 | over-the-shoulder catch in game one was the MVP of the NL twice 54 and 65, |
| 1:32.2 | the rookie of the year in 51, was a gold club winner 12 times. |
| 1:37.8 | Not only was a batting champion in 54, but think about this, okay? |
| 1:42.4 | He was a stolen-based leader in the National League on four different occasions. |
| 1:47.0 | He was the NL-Home run leader four different times. I mean, Willie Mays did it all. Great person, great, great ambassador to Major League Baseball. |
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