Mike Francesa on the passing of Willie McCovey
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. |
| 0:03.0 | As women's football goes from strength to strength, |
| 0:06.0 | Pepsi Max want to help inspire the next generation to even greater success. |
| 0:10.0 | So, just like they are with the men's league, |
| 0:12.0 | Pepsi Max are proud sponsors of the UEFA Women's Champions League. |
| 0:16.0 | And Pepsi Max are also supporters of inspiring players like |
| 0:20.0 | Millie Bright and Leah Williamson, |
| 0:21.9 | who really helps showcase what can be achieved in the sport as it reaches ever higher levels. |
| 0:27.0 | Pepsi Max, Girsty for more. |
| 0:30.0 | Last night, the passing of Willie McCovey. |
| 0:33.8 | And if you're someone who has been around a little while, well, then you are very familiar with the great giant first baseman who was one of the classic sluggers of his generation. |
| 0:49.3 | The Giants produced a tremendous amount of talent and overflow of talent in the 50s, late 50s. |
| 0:59.6 | They were producing obviously a lot of minority players. |
| 1:05.8 | Some teams in the American League were producing none. |
| 1:10.2 | They produced the lose. were producing none. They produced the Alluz. |
| 1:14.4 | They had Willie Crawford. |
| 1:16.1 | They had, obviously, the Great Willie Mays, |
| 1:20.8 | and they had a young man who they brought up and started in the outfield by the name of |
| 1:26.2 | Willie McCovey. |
| 1:27.2 | He was blocked because they had a great first baseman the Giants did in Moldo Lando Cepeda. |
| 1:35.3 | So McCovey had trouble getting in the lineup. |
| 1:39.6 | And the Giants finally decided to trade Cepeda to clear first base for McCovey. |
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