Willie Mays meeting Vin Scully in 2016 for the first time.

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@biffmalibu9488 6 ай бұрын

Talk about two of baseball's greats!! National treasures. RIP to both men.

@jasonbaber1526 6 ай бұрын

Hard to believe this was the first time they met. Two greats

@bigmonmagoomba9634 6 ай бұрын

They even worked in the same town for years in NY. Hard to believe it took them 65 years to meet in person.

@ted6512 6 ай бұрын

You can easily say that Willie Mays was the best baseball player ever and Vin Scully was the best baseball announcer ever.

@Rick_King 6 ай бұрын

And you would be correct!

@peteralmazan7034 6 ай бұрын

Amen!

@TheViking1980 6 ай бұрын

Agreed

@flagship99100 6 ай бұрын

Two GOATs in their respective professions!

@LesterMoore 6 ай бұрын

Yep. Two old GOATS. 🐐

@terrytitus5291 6 ай бұрын

Had to see this! Can't believe they didn't meet until 2016 even with Dodgers-Giants rivalry! Ole Vinny was always full of stories,great hospitality in the beginning!

@ShowMeGolden 6 ай бұрын

Vin was just that type of old school polite where if you hadn't seen him in a while he wouldn't assume you remembered who he was. Kinda Willie's opposite, honestly lol. But these two definitely met before this. There are photos of Vin interviewing Willie back in his playing days. That being said, there was a reverence given to not fraternizing with the "enemy" back then that doesn't exist now.

@felixmadison5736 6 ай бұрын

@@ShowMeGolden Willie Mays was also a gentleman and kind to everyone he met. I never heard of Mays saying a bad thing about anyone.

@Rick_King 6 ай бұрын

@@felixmadison5736 I got Willie's autograph twice, and each time I got a handshake along with it. The greatest ever!

@samludu5916 6 ай бұрын

You love both of these guys. Icons.

@Mark-nd8eb 6 ай бұрын

Vin Scully, Chick Hearn, Jim Murray. Koufax, Wills, Drysdale, Mays, Marichal. That was living large.

@toddmarble6217 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! Two of the very best!!!

@donwilcox728 6 ай бұрын

I'm starting to feel emotional. Yes, two upstanding gentleman who just so happened to be exceptional at what they did. I'll bet both believe they never worked a day in their lives and loved their families. What more can you ask for.

@4MDK 6 ай бұрын

This is just classic. They should have this video rolling at the Hall Of Fame.

@saulchapnick1566 6 ай бұрын

Loved cheering, with all the Mets fans, for Mays when he came to Shea Stadium with the Giants.

@williamoleary9330 6 ай бұрын

How is that even possible??? Vince Scully was the greatest MLB Announcers of all time.

@wallacerose7499 6 ай бұрын

No second place, Erine Harrell # 1

@jimgray3346 4 ай бұрын

if he's the greatest maybe you could get his name right. It's Vince Cully

@kevinolson8228 6 ай бұрын

What a moment for these guys baseball greats rest easy gentlemen you deserve all the praise for your efforts here earth

@tony84. 6 ай бұрын

0:23, This is really cool. Two of the GREATEST of all time💯Willie & Vin

@felixmadison5736 6 ай бұрын

Well, there it is folks. One of the greatest broadcasters of all-time, who saw more baseball greats than we can count, in awe of the greatest all-around player he ever saw, Willie Mays. Any man who bled Dodger Blue like Vin Scully, saying Willie Mays of the hated Giants was the best ever...well, you can take it to the bank.

@RaiderX948 6 ай бұрын

Two Class Acts

@williamcarter9066 6 ай бұрын

It couldn’t of been more legendary 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@stever1791 6 ай бұрын

Two Legends getting together - What a Great Video . Thanks for getting this out there

@magillapole 6 ай бұрын

How blessed are we that we get to eavesdrop on this conversation?

@huntersingle 6 ай бұрын

My uncle Vietnam veteran loved Mickey Mantle and his Yankees but he seen Willie Mays in San Francisco throwing runners out with that strong arm etc it was no doubt who was the greatest

@larryburton9369 6 ай бұрын

Rest in peace Mr Willie Mays God Bless 🙏 to you and your families 😊❤

@robvegart 6 ай бұрын

Historic... They are both now in their twilight, wearing hearing aids and enjoying the moment as if they were 2 kids meeting up for the very first time. It's touching!

@georgehakimian5949 6 ай бұрын

Willie Mays was the greatest all around ball player that has ever played the game. I'm just not saying that today. I've been saying it since I started knowing baseball since 1971.

@cnyweathertainment5075 6 ай бұрын

If we are talking “all around”, i cannot differentiate between he and Hank Aaron, then.

@stevenmeyer9674 6 ай бұрын

@@cnyweathertainment5075 There are some intangibles between the two the puts Willie ahead of Aaron. But there is one thing that can't be ignored. Aaron played his entire career in real hitters parks, while Willie played ar Candlestick that is known as just one of the least hitter friendly stadiums in history. Also, Willie played CF not a corner position.

@johncirillo9544 6 ай бұрын

Babe Ruth on the mound: 94-46, 2.48. Babe Ruth at the plate: .342, 714, 2214, .474 (OPS+ 202).

@johncirillo9544 6 ай бұрын

@@stevenmeyer9674 Willie began his career at the Polo Grounds. This ballpark had its share of quirks. The "unofficial" distances (never marked on the wall) down the left and right field lines were 279 and 258 feet (85 and 79 m) respectively, but there was a 21-foot (6.4 m) overhang in left field, which often intercepted fly balls that would otherwise have been catchable and turned them into home runs. Contrasting with the short distances down the foul lines were the 450-foot distances to deepest left and right center (the gaps); the base of the straightaway centerfield clubhouse stood 483 feet from home plate, up a 58-foot runway from the grandstand corners on either side of the clubhouse (these corners were themselves 425 feet (130 m) from home plate). The famous photo of The catch made by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series against Vic Wertz of the Cleveland Indians occurred immediately in front of the "batter's eye", a metal screen atop the grandstand wall directly to the right of the centerfield runway. It would have been a home run in several other ballparks of the time as well as in most of today's modern ballparks. The bullpens were actually in play, in the left and right center field gaps. The outfield sloped downward from the infield, and people in the dugouts often could only see the top half of the outfielders. Ebbets Field, home of the Dodgers was just as quirky, but that’s another story.

@Lava1964 6 ай бұрын

What are Mays' pitching stats? He doesn't have any! In contrast, Babe Ruth was the best lefthanded pitcher in the AL in the 1910s. He may have won the Cy Young Award in 1916--had it existed.

@tommyfu9271 6 ай бұрын

How did these 2 legends never meet before this? Vin probably called 200 games of his.

@christopherneyfeldt4587 6 ай бұрын

That’s crazy that it took that long for these 2 men to cross paths.

@MikeCee7 6 ай бұрын

I agree, How could a long time legendary LA Dodger announcer, & the greatest player from SF (never meet until this late in life?) Aren’t the Dodgers and the Giants cross state rivals, and they play each other at least 12+ games year. Vince was broadcasting in the 1960s. I’m sure he went to All-Star games.

@reidfarrill3917 6 ай бұрын

Its amazing they had never met before. One would have thought they met many, many times. RIP

@williamhunter5549 6 ай бұрын

I just watched an interview with the both of them from 1967 in Dodger Sadium.

@MrEwciii2001 6 ай бұрын

Willie hit 660 home runs, 54 short of Ruth. But in Candlestick park all those years, Willie was robbed of many home runs due to the winds that blew in from left field. For my money, the greatest all around player of all time.

@Rick_King 6 ай бұрын

Also, during the Bonds era, they installed a chain link in the outfield to make it easier to hit homers. And Aaron, God bless him, played in the launching pad in Atlanta. Mays is truly the greatest of all time. And so is Vinnie!

@garyheldt3759 6 ай бұрын

Willie Mays was my favorite player growing up in the 1960’s even though most of my friends favored Mickey Mantle. I copied his batting stance, but my dad forbade me from any “basket” catches. What a career he had. He and Babe Ruth. Take your pick for 1 and 2 all time.

@stepheno7591 6 ай бұрын

This moment is one of the greatest in baseball hands down.

@nicholasdicarlo217 6 ай бұрын

Hard to believe this is the first time they met.

@StevenC32 6 ай бұрын

Vin Scully is as iconic to baseball with the Dodgers as Chick Hearn was to basketball with the Lakers.

@TheRocker27 6 ай бұрын

Da say hey kid. Hey Hey Willie. 🤘🃏🥃🍺

@edwardyoung522 6 ай бұрын

Legends.

@fenwaypark1725 6 ай бұрын

Who had 4 and a half years out his prime as a fighter pilot. Geee Ted Williams take a seat

@schlatz2786 6 ай бұрын

It’s hard to believe they had never met before

@Mark-nd8eb 6 ай бұрын

My first thought also.

@cbarrett34 6 ай бұрын

I'm crying 😢😢😢

@ARIZJOE 6 ай бұрын

It's hard to believe that given how long their careers were, and how many times the Dodgers and Giants played each other, that was the first meeting. They both worked in New York.

@ssviking81 6 ай бұрын

Hard to believe they travelled in the same circle all those years and never met.

@johnjacobs5199 6 ай бұрын

They've met and interacted with one another many times dating back to the early 1950s.....

@acespace7255 6 ай бұрын

Man, if it took til 2016 for these two guys to meet, that Dodger-Giant thing is stronger than I thought!!! Legend on the field, legend in the booth. PS I read that the Dodgers told Jackie Robinson that they were going to trade him to the Giants, he said No you're not, I'm retiring

@kennethcamilleri4678 6 ай бұрын

Over 400 games were played between the Giants and the Dodgers in May’s career….it’s hard to believe……and Vince had broadcast all of them for the Dodgers…Unbelievable But True…..

@herbiesnerd 6 ай бұрын

Baseball history just flowing out like a water faucet

@shwally56 6 ай бұрын

Wow I’m very surprised they didn’t actually meet at least 60 years before this

@gartwilliams3347 6 ай бұрын

Legends

@pukalani100 6 ай бұрын

First time??...I doubt it!

@thewkovacs316 6 ай бұрын

there is no way that mays didnt meet scully before 2016

@RodneyShoaf-xm6fu 6 ай бұрын

Vince Scully started calling games in 1951 and he didn't meet him All those yrs being in the Hall of Fame together

@ruffntumble1964 6 ай бұрын

I thought the same exact thing. They were both in New York and California together for so many years, how could they possibly have never met?

@ShowMeGolden 6 ай бұрын

@neal5068 6 ай бұрын

It's possible

@MikeCee7 6 ай бұрын

I agree, How could a long time legendary LA Dodger announcer, & the greatest player from SF (never meet until this late in life?) Aren’t the Dodgers and the Giants cross state rivals, and they play each other at least 12+ games year. Vince was broadcasting since 1951. I’m sure he went to the All-Star games.

@Hvac-tx2bt 6 ай бұрын

How did they meet in 2016 for the 1st time ?

@masontroy 6 ай бұрын

fie;dI saw that catch against Bobby Morgan at Ebbits Field

@VideoMan20111 6 ай бұрын

This is not accurate They met prior to 2016 Vin interviewed him many times over the years

@tombkk1322 6 ай бұрын

Awesome. That’s all I can say say.

@jimgray3346 4 ай бұрын

Cool. Do Nick Castellanos meets Thom Brenneman for the first time next

@michaelmaggi7637 6 ай бұрын

No way they never met before. In Scully's illustrious career, how many times did the Dodgers & Giants face each other in a season and you mean to tell me that Scully never met or interviewed Willie Mays? I find that very hard to believe.

@TRRyan 6 ай бұрын

It's nonsense to say these two had never met before this. In the extended version of this encounter in 2016, Willie says to Vin, "You took care of me when I used to play in L.A. all the time," though we don't learn of those specifics from half a century prior. Besides, do you really think Scully would call Mays "Buck" if they had not previously met each other? Come on.

@mikeyposs3132 6 ай бұрын

It's not the first time!! Fake headline

@prisonersforprofit 6 ай бұрын

willie in his orange and black, did vin even notice?

@tomdulle1707 6 ай бұрын

Great video but I don't think it's the first time they met. That's just Vin being Vin, introducing himself, never assuming people know or remember him,. He even called Willie by his nickname, "Buck", which I doubt he'd do if he didn't know him. Keep in mind, Vin followed Willie his whole career, from the NY Giants to the SF Giants to the NY Mets, not to mention Spring Training, World Series and All Star games Vin called that featured Willie not to mention the decades of pregame shows Vin did that surely would have featured Willie many times, plus the off season awards banquets and MLB hall of fame induction ceremonies, so again, great video, but this would have been the last time they met not the first.

@SL-sy8ix 6 ай бұрын

It's posted on the internet so its got to be true that they never met. LOL

@10prkb 6 ай бұрын

Really the first time they met?

@Loyster14 6 ай бұрын

Say Hay Kid Willie Mays My older brother who was my baseball coach taught fundamental baseball. And it was because of baseball players like Willie Mays Roberto Clementie Mickey Mantle Roger Maris Brooks Robinson Johnny Bench Pete Rose Bob Gibson just too name a few how they played their positions ! Charge the ball don't let it eat you up waiting for it! Get your body behind those ground balls down on one knee ! Field those grounders two hands on your glove cstching those fly balls! Pay attention to the runners know where you are throwing the ball and to whom !

@MikeCee7 6 ай бұрын

I’m confuse, How could a long time legendary LA Dodger announcer, & the greatest player from SF (never meet until this late in life?)

@beatlepaul77 6 ай бұрын

How could this possibly be the first time these 2 met. I’m sorry I find that hard to believe given they spent all that time in the baseball scene in NY in 50s. And the dodger giant rivalry in the 1960s. I’m sorry I don’t think that right.

@tommyfu9271 6 ай бұрын

Seems impossible

@dwmson9 6 ай бұрын

NO WAY is this the first time they met. Vin interviewed him the year they met in New York City when he was the Dodger broadcaster and Willie a rookie. They saw each other and spoke hundreds and hundreds of times at Hall of Fame functions, banquets, the Polo Grounds, Ebbets Field, Seal Stadium, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Candlestick Park, Dodger Stadium, Shea Stadium and across America for over 60 years. To imply this is the first time these two great men met is ludicrous and ignorant. Absurd.