This week I finished the book Willie Mays, The Life, The Legend by James S. Hirsch. Hence, this card of the week being the Say Hey Kid, Willie Mays. This is a great read about one of the truly great legends of baseball. And the Say, Hey stuff, well the book explains it and it is something that was attached to Mays for no really apparent reason except he was part of a song way back when. I'll leave the details for you to discover. Was he the greatest to play the game? Well, these guys think so and they saw a lot of ball players through the years. His manner, the way he carried himself on the field and his incredible array of talent on offense, on defense, running the bases. He could do it all.
The book covers his life, from Birmingham, Alabama to the present day. The racial discrimination, the Jim Crow laws, the way he endured the painfully slow integration of society, even in the major leagues is an informative and heartfelt narrative of who I say, hey, he is probably the greatest all round player to play the game.
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