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PBS News Hour - Segments

The legacy of Willie Mays on and off the baseball field

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Baseball great Willie Mays died peacefully Tuesday surrounded by his family in the Bay Area. Mays was beloved by fans for his dazzling play, his exuberant smile and for giving to the game's next generation. Geoff Bennett takes a look at the Say Hey Kid's legacy with Howard Bryant of ESPN. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Finally tonight we say goodbye to the Say Hey Kid

0:04.4

Baseball great Willie Mays died peacefully surrounded by his family

0:08.4

on Tuesday afternoon in the Bay Area

0:11.1

where he's forever remembered as a star of the San Francisco Giants.

0:15.6

He was 93 years old.

0:17.4

We look back now on his legacy.

0:21.1

Back it is

0:26.0

his play was the stuff of legend what he made

0:27.0

just thought this car to a speech

0:30.0

where the catch

0:31.0

would cost the men an optical illusion known simply as the catch

0:35.0

in game one of the game one of the 1954 World Series,

0:38.0

a championship maze would go on to win.

0:41.0

The iconic and logic-defying play captured the magic of Willie May's career, one that

0:46.4

earned him the nickname, the Say Hey Kid.

0:51.4

Say Hey Who?

0:52.4

Swinging at the plate,

0:53.2

say hey.

0:54.3

Appearing in a record 24 All-Star games,

0:57.1

he could do it all.

0:58.5

With 12 gold gloves, the center fielder could catch.

1:02.1

He could steal bases with blazing speed, sometimes losing

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