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Evan & Tiki

R.I.P. Willie Mays

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The passing of a legend.

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0:00.0

I found out through the med game and the Yankee game I had them both on at the same time

0:04.0

but I heard the news about Willie Mays and I don't want to make this sad right now because this is a celebration.

0:10.0

It's a damn celebration.

0:12.0

Right. This man lived until he was 93 years old and he is the definition of the American story.

0:19.4

100%.

0:20.4

So when we talk about Willie Mays right now, I'll tell you right now, there ain't going to be a sad thing we're going to talk about.

0:25.3

This is going to be a celebration.

0:26.7

And I just want to tell you as somebody that never saw him play, you never saw him play,

0:29.7

none of us saw him play.

0:30.8

We heard the legend of Willie Mays. I read books about

0:33.4

Willie Mays. I saw YouTube clips about Willie Mays. I will tell you as a

0:37.0

40-year-old man who loves this sport, what I think about when I think of

0:40.8

the name Willie Mays, I think of the name Willie Mays I think of overcoming adversity I think of overcoming a

0:46.8

horrible time a disgusting time in the history of our country I think about I'm gonna give you

0:52.4

some baseball stuff I think about, I'm going to give you some baseball stuff, I think

0:53.8

about the fact that when he began his career in 1951, and I didn't know about this stuff until I

0:58.3

read that book 24 a couple years ago, you know Willie May started his career one for 24?

1:03.0

Do you know that Leo DeRocia, the manager of the New York baseball giant, said that when Bobby

1:08.4

Thompson hit that home run, you know Willie was on deck?

1:11.3

That if they had walked Bobby Thompson and Willie Mays had come up... Willie was early in his career

1:13.0

Bobby Thompson and Willie Mays had come up he would have pinched

1:16.4

head for him that's what Willie Mays was early in his career and guess what

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