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Bashing into joy
Willie Mays has always been my favorite baseball player. He could hit for average and power, steal bases, catch every ball that came his way in centerfield, and throw like no one else. He loved playing baseball, and he played with the childhood joy that was forever captured in his immortal nickname, the “Say Hey Kid.”
By David J. Brown May 6, 2026 3 min read
Willie Mays has always been my favorite baseball player. He could hit for average and power, steal bases, catch every ball that came his way in centerfield, and throw like no one else. He loved playing baseball, and he played with the childhood joy that was forever captured in his immortal nickname, the “Say Hey Kid.”
In fact, it was said of Mays that the only thing he could not do…
