Baseball Legend Willie Mays Has Died at the Age of 93 | MLB on TBS

[@Hawkgoulet]

Bill Walton, Jerry West, Willie Mays... Rest in Peace to the legends

[@baguil02]

Indeed.

[@shawnanderson6313]

Man it is happening to fast!

[@MichaelForte-jn5pn]

​@@shawnanderson6313 exactly

[@edross2826]

It is the end of a golden era.

[@TimSpangler-rd6vs]

@@DarrylJones-jc7wq They come in 1s

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Tears are falling. My heart is broken. My greatest sports idol is gone. I love you, Willie.

[@ConnorMiller417]

One of the all time greatest baseball players. To think his career started out in the Negro Leagues and played 24 years at the Major league level and made the All-Star team every year proves just how great he was. And he was just an all round great person. Rest in peace Willie! ❤

[@rayray4192]

Before you make Willie a saint you must consider the fact that Willie never lifted a finger in the battle of civil rights. Jackie preceded Willie by four years and was a civil rights activist. Willie was silent.

[@LiquidSnake690]

@@rayray4192 Right now isn't the time to say this and frankly I think its disrespectful. I'm sure other black athletes weren't civil rights activists at the time should we say they weren't good people because they were silent?

[@rayray4192]

@@LiquidSnake690 Willie was a good person. He completely failed to speak out for civil liberties.

[@rayray4192]

@@LiquidSnake690 I just finished watching 42 about Jackie Robinson; it’s June 19th. Willie was helped by Jackie and he never lifted a finger in the civil rights battle. He played as a rookie in 1951 just four years after Jackie was a rookie. I don’t give a damn what you think.

[@LiquidSnake690]

@@rayray4192 That's fine if you don't care what I think but its still disrespectful. So what if he wasn't a civil rights activist and didn't speak out. He treated people of all races and ethnicities with dignity and respect even when his own manager Alvin Dark didn't. Lastly has he ever called himself a saint or did he show it with his actions rather than words?

[@gabbyhyman1246]

RIP from a die-hard Brooklyn fan. There is no argument. You were the best center fielder of the three. You played in an era of Aaron, Mantle, Musial, Snyder, and Joe. Blessed to have seen you at Ebbets, Dodger Stadium and Candlestick Park. The epitome of class. I tip my blue cap. ❤ ⚾️ 🙏

[@melvinmelendez6333]

Clemente .

[@DwightMeadows]

I'm glad I got a chance to see him play when I was a kid in the 70's

[@leondarnell1]

Listening to Costas talk about Willie Mays is great...i could listen to this all day. RIP Legend...

[@swampghost72]

R.I.P to a legend and the purest baseball player to ever step on the field..

[@donaldroberts8766]

Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid", will ALWAYS be ONE OF THE TOP 5 GREATEST BASEBALL LEGENDS IN HISTORY!!! From playing in the Negro Leagues with the Birmingham Black Barons to the San Francisco Giants (winning the Rookie of the Year and the 1954 World Series), and Having arguably the "Greatest Catch" in History and 660 Home Runs!!! Thank you, Willie, for all the great memories!! Rest in Power!!

[@NerdShortsSub]

R.I.P. Will be remembered forever ❤😢

[@ChessemillPerezChristopher]

Saw him with the Mets 73 , in Atlanta, hard to believe I saw him and Aaron in the same game. So grateful for his event. RIP legend

[@Ohyeahjiful]

First time I saw him @Old Tokyo Stadium when SF Giants came to Japan. Rest in peace Willie-san.

[@peteshallcross787]

As a Midwesterner, he was my boyhood idle. I wore his # and so did my son. God bless #24.

[@robbieerta7827]

The greatest all around player in baseball history..Rest in Paradise Willie..

[@mpccengineer]

It was always magical to me when they would recognize Willie Mays in the stands during games at Candlestick - like a moment out of time where the legends of the past walked among us. That connection with the past was one of the things that hooked me on baseball, but I don't think I knew that until today. Than you Willie for everything, and go Giants!

[@vinman5432]

My dad taught me so much about baseball and he told me to do what Willie did and you'll do just fine for he is the best ever.

[@ImportAl]

RIP Willie Mays. ❤️ My principal told me he was greater than Ken Griffey Jr, his highlights were ahead of their time.

[@jamestobin4849]

Him and Griffey are both immense talents. Hard to say which was greater. Special once in a lifetime talents.

[@DickNasty480]

Your principal was correct. He spent 2 years in his prime in the Army and he played most of career at Candlestick Park in San Francisco which was windy and cold all summer long. Had he played in any other ball park and not missed those 2 years serving his nation, he would have 800 home runs and 500 more RBI's. He was 6 tool player when you add in his baseball IQ .One of one.

[@Brian-zp1df]

Saw Griff jr first game with San Bernardino Spirit

[@Brian-zp1df]

We have same birthday 11 21

[@TheCerebralDude]

Ken Griffey Jr wasn’t career .300 hitter like Willie which shocks me given that amazing swing he had

[@jawaunaewing2627]

Lord Jesus he was my grandad's favorite baseball player RIP

[@peteshallcross787]

He was mine, too.

[@flybynightgirl]

Me, too. He use to make me watch him on t.v. We had the original bobble head next to the tv,!

[@Roncash100]

I hope Pedro understands people hold him in a similar light 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@robertecker9503]

None greater than the "Say Hey Kid", Willie Mays... one of my favorite ball players as a boy and to this day. He did it all... and like Ernie Banks, Mays had that 😊😁 Prayers for his family, friends, teammates, and fans.....

[@TheInkPitOx]

I've been an A's fan my whole life but I have great respect for the man. True legend. God bless.

[@monumentofwonders]

He could do it all, and nothing he ever did was done without a style and grace that were his and his alone. Watch him, watch the films, the swing, the basket catches, the throws: words fail, he was the greatest.

[@144Donn]

It must have been 1970 or 71 and the Mets were in SF playing the Giants. Mays hit a game winning HR, what today is called a walk off. I got so mad, I went in to my room, took Mays' baseball card a ripped it up! I was 10 YO and the Mets were everything to me! I did see Willie a few years later when he came to the Mets in 73 and cried when he retired.

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

He had so much grace in him. A modest, principled man, and a wonderful ambassador of the game of baseball.

[@roxannevlogs7329]

Rest In Peace 💔Thank you for my memories. I saw him late 60’s, early 70’s at the Stick w the SF Giants. Legend lives forever ⚾️🧡🖤

[@Air0087]

RIP to a real legend.

[@Cyantist13]

RIP Legend 🙏🏽🕊

[@blacksuede]

Amazing. RIP Willie Mays.

[@2for99cents]

RIP Willie

[@andresrosa6313]

Today we lost a LEGEND Rest in Peace

[@DirtRacing52J]

Rip Willie ❤

[@mofun5315]

A lot of sports hero's dying out recently. O.J. Simpson, Bill Walton, Jerry West, and now Willie Mays.

[@WaluigiLebron]

One of these names is NOT like the other

[@RYMAN1321]

OJ ?

[@donyutejamaica631]

Wouldn’t count OJ as a hero, but he was one of the all time great RB to ever play in the NFL.

[@mofun5315]

@@donyutejamaica631 This is a sports show. He was a football, the same as Mays was a baseball hero.

[@donyutejamaica631]

@@mofun5315 I know exactly who OJ was. OJ’s off the field troubles took a lot of the shine off his foot career. Again OJ was a great football player and viewed as a hero during his playing days in NFL..not sure many would see him as hero, like they would Willie Mays.

[@aa697]

Not only a 5 tool player but his baseball IQ was second to no other. Simply the greatest. The Great Willie Mays RIP 🙏

[@michaelinhouston9086]

I remember reading a story about Willie early in his career. As I recall the story, he was struggling a bit as he was trying to hit home runs every time up. The manager told him that there were other ways to score and to just take what he could. Listening to that advice and understanding it, the next game he hit a single, stole second, moved to third on an infield out, and scored on a sacrifice fly. I think this anecdote goes right to your point about his baseball IQ - he translates "take what he could" into logical and sensible hitting and baserunning.

[@clarencebelljr3143]

SAY HEY...!!!! HARLEM WORLD. R.I.P THANK YOU FOR '73'

[@dcdc7596]

“Say hey, say Willie” one of the greatest from a different generation and any generation for that matter. I was way too young to have been able to see Willie playing live in his hey day, however, I feel lucky to have known about his game from others, the same way I do about someone like Lou Gehrig, and other great legends. RIP, Willie!

[@Ron-vo1fx]

God bless you, RIP sir, I saw 👀 him play baseball when SF vs. LA .I'll never forget the overhead catch he made 💯 I was 4 years old and as a football player, I pride myself in catching footballs over my head, which has become very common in football since he would do that. He was a fantastic ball player 👏

[@jaycompany4886]

RIP to the greatest all around player ever, speed, power,fielding did it all and had a flair for the dramatic. Truly gonna be miss...my condolences to his family.

[@Pacmon0]

RIP. It was another world back then. Only close to Mays in terms of power, speed, and playing center field was Mantle, but Mantle did not have Mays' longevity.

[@ManuelGuzman067]

Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda ⚾🧢 Legends RIP 🌹

[@alfredogarcia9200]

R I P 😢

[@dougd4217]

RIP Willie Mays 🙏🏾

[@andreasmith901]

Wow them stats are mind blowing,R.I.P. Goat Willie Mays.

[@edwinserrano1070]

I love the story that Bob Costas shared on a different occasion about the day Bob Gibson showed up to Willie's house ... Gibson was wearing glasses...Costas using a Willie voice, "You wear glasses??? You're gonna kill someone!" RIP Willie... Puerto Rico loves you for playing here in 1954-55 with our beloved Roberto Clemente...QEPD (que en paz descance)

[@melvinmelendez6333]

In 2020 during pandemic , seven hall of famer passed away.

[@DaNiyaHodge]

Rip Willie Howard Mays Jr, you will be missed

[@madmaxarcade1697]

Who wants to live forever. Legends never die!

[@teetee994]

RIP Legend

[@Muskogee]

If Bo Jackson had never gotten injured in football, I really think it would have been 3 Alabama guys in the top 10 as a professional baseball player.

[@ji5340]

Bo wasn't that good

[@michaelinhouston9086]

@@ji5340 Yes - no offense to Mr Jackson but he was just a decent ball player

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

1954 the greatest catch ever made. 1961 4 homers in one game. The memorial from Jon Miller our Mark Twain of baseball is superb

[@ohanaathletics8953]

My dad and I will forever debate bc his GOAT is Willie, mine is Ken Griffey Jr.. RIP Mr. Mays

[@briancrawford69]

One of the two greatest all around players ever. Both Giants

[@eamonkelley3811]

Imo 1. Mays, 2. Aaron, 3. Bonds

[@ajreyes9742]

My childhood couldn't be any greater knowing that I had Willie and Hank and Roberto to watch and admire it was the greatest generation of baseball players

[@gemgirl2000]

I’m not the biggest baseball fan but I could listen to Bob Costas talk about baseball all day. Legendary storytelling about a legendary man. Fly High Willie Mays. 🕊️

[@chuckersimsII]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ willie

[@DeAndra750]

They don't make them like Willie Mays talented, honest and kind to the fans.

[@mr.castle]

Baseball's GOAT 😢

[@abnushagnasty805]

RIP Willie Mays

[@andrewbird57]

My dad was not a big pro sports fan. But in 1962 when I was 5 he took me to Candlestick Park for a Giants game. And he pointed out Willie Mays to me, like Bob Costas' dad. Many decades later when I worked at the CA state Capitol I got to shake Willie Mays' hand, he was a frequent visitor during legislative sessions.

[@davidluckens3479]

Those MVP trophies a decade apart

[@johnnorth6406]

amen, bob. and thanks for addressing bonds.

[@aydantheyoutubeking]

Rip my man 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭no words just rip and thank you for everything ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DateMike22]

One of the all-time greatest players ❤. RIP to the Say Hey Kid Willie Mays 😢💔🕊️🌹🙏🏼.

[@davidlee50]

RIP Willie !!!!

[@laff000]

I had the pleasure of meeting Mays at an autograph signing many years ago. Right now Im looking at the baseball that he autographed for me that day. Willie was the man. No question. As kids we would argue who was the better center fielder Mays or Mantle. Thanks Willie for all of the great moments in the greatest sport ever.

[@GlennJackson-d8e]

Willie brought happiness to the game.

[@grimorio1975]

😢😢😢He considered that he is the most complete baseball player of all time, he was the Michael Jordan of baseball. May this formidable player rest in peace ✌️✌️✌️🥰🥰🥰🥰😢😢👍👍👍👍👍

[@PhilVespe]

He was so great I can't think of number two that how great he was

[@AUTISM1986]

Prayers to the Mays family. I just added up how old my Grandparents would be if they were still with us today. Grandpa would be 93-94 and Grandma would have been 89-91 years old.

[@CCTH2221-lp2zj]

Many of these things I’ve heard about him before m. But this is one that gives me chills. Koufax called Willie Mays “the greatest player I’ve ever seen”. That says it all⚾️

[@austinrodriguez4272]

The fact he went to a game at the polo grounds and remembers it it’s actually insane

[@dannynew6313]

Amazing, the Great Willie Mays passes away on 6/18 (24)! The greatest of all time. What a loss for us all. My prayers to Willie's family.

[@haroldfloyd5518]

Mays was the Federer of baseball. Not only did he make it look easy, he often made it look like ballet, like art. When you’re the GOAT and you seem to revel in every moment, that’s Willie.

[@Maddenbecheating]

Rip

[@dannynew6313]

My first MLB game was 1969 Reds vs Giants at Crosley Field. Mays and McCovey both went deep. I believe the Giants won 16-9. What a great first MLB game to have.

[@acespace7255]

In the '71 All-Star Game, at green Tiger Stadium, there was a bedsheet in the center field bleachers that said " Say Hey, Detroit Loves You" .......remember there was slim to no chance of seeing these NL guys live, except on Game of the Week, maybe. Thanks Mr. Mays, rest easy.

[@apostle6100]

I saw him play and I got a signature and a handshake from this man rest easy 24

[@quann06]

God bless you and rest in power Willie. 😭

[@AmberBowman-he8gp]

Willie we will always love you as a forever giant🕊️ it's like a piece of MLB Baseball died today😢 on Facebook even the LA Dodgers page made posts about him and there rivals. WE WILL FOREVER LOVE YOU WILLIE 🕊️🕊️🕊️❤️

[@1977TA]

He was a 24-time all-star, wore number 24, and passed away in 2024. Only Willie Mays could make 24 have so much meaning. RIP.

[@xxxxbigrich5752]

I wish other sports would hold in high regard the older players like baseball does. Basketball disrespects the older players. Football nobody brings up the fact that Bart Starr won 5 championships it’s all about today. Baseball doesn’t do any of that.

[@evelynlockhart7997]

RIP and Condolences to his family. ✝️

[@brentlovelady6845]

"Say hey" Willie Mays is gone 😢 RIP Willie? Amen 🙏

[@LeafsAndCars]

Condolences to the Mays family. Rest in peace Willie. Your legend will live in our hearts FOREVER!❤ THANK YOU!!

[@kennytaco4474]

Who better to send it to then Costas. He’s a pros pro

[@marcogonzalez3582]

San Francisco is hurting right now… rest in peace to an all time great…

[@era_emissary]

Hero's get remembered but legends never die

[@GlennJackson-d8e]

He was my dad's favorite player. Willie, say hey to my dad.

[@timmccafferty8949]

1969 Spring Training, the Memorial Stadium in Scottsdale, Giants would be in town for a three day stand with the Cubs. I would go to the Boys Club behind the stadium with my friends and sneek into the park from the right field fense, he would just smile. He was all business, and did not like to be around the cameras, or press. Mornings at the ball park was just kids, and ball players, and it would be hard to tell which he was during that time. Bobby Bonds, Willie McCovey, and Willie Mays in the same outfield was my favorite outfield, Orlando Cepeda at first.

[@chrisdoem4107]

Man as a long time giant fan, today is incredibly sad day. Looking at those stats I’ve seen them before but what shocked me was the 24 all star selections! That is insane!!!! There are players that don’t even play 15 years! This guy had a longer all star career than 99 percent of the league. RIP GOAT!

[@rayray4192]

Pedro is wise. Willie was the best player I ever paid to watch. An ambassador for baseball who came up 4 years after Jackie Robinson. Jackie was a civil rights activist. Willie never said a word or lifted a hand in the civil rights debate and battle. Jackie is my hero. Willie is not my hero.

[@NatTurnerswitBurnerz]

Costas never misses an opportunity to smear Barry Bonds. He just can't help himself 😂😂

[@ThatRedHusky]

You know it's so much more than being a great, if not the GREATEST player of all time. It's sheer reverence. The fact that you can pick literally any HoFer still alive today and they will still wax poetic and be in awe of him. Truly the legend of legends. Let's get The Catch silhouette as the new MLB logo, get that DONE. RIP Say Hey Kid.

[@eamonkelley3811]

I bet he is number 1 on the majority of baseball writers and historians top players list. RIP GOAT

[@CH-dz9nn]

Very sad! Rest in peace, Willie!

[@MrAntd1]

Legend!! Greatest all around player! GOAT!

[@robertlenhart7753]

Though I was only 2, and don’t remember any of it, my dad had pictures of him and I at Seals Stadium to watch the Giants. Dad, being in the military, would often make the drive to Candlestick, sometimes hours, to watch his beloved Giants whenever we were stationed in California, i.e., Hamilton, Mather and Vandenberg. I was blessed, that he always dragged my ass along. Candlestick Park had that something special aura in the 1960’s. Thus, began my love affair with the Giants, especially Willie Mays. Willie Mays is on my Mount Rushmore of sports icons. I loved, and do love the Say Hey Kid. My dad retired from the military in 1970, and died in 2009. I miss him. God Bless Willie Mays.

[@robertlenhart7753]

Willie Mays highest salary was $165,000 a year. Today, that is worth $1,335,000 a year. Imagine what Mays and all the other baseball legends of that era would earn today. Today’s baseball players are grossly overpaid.

[@bernyourhart]

A true sports legend

[@jeangill2004]

R.I.P Legend ⚾️

[@ausie9043]

We have lost another icon. RIP Mr. Mays🙏🏾⚾

[@stevebiddle8912]

Great tribute to the Say Hey kid!!

[@joseflemire4284]

Growing up in MIles City, Montana in the early 50'-60's I learned of this wonderful human being from my mother who was a huge baseball fan...she loved the Say Hey kid! He and the other men of African descent were Knights of Change and dare I say Grace who we as a country owe a Great Debt of Gratitude for the Differences they made to the tragedy of treatment to minority groups in this country.