SF Giants Legend Willie Mays Dies at 93
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SF Giants Legend Willie Mays Dies at 93
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The San Francisco Giants, all of baseball, and truly the world at large lost a legend on Tuesday. Willie Mays, perhaps the greatest baseball player who ever lived, passed away peacefully at the age of 93. Mays was beloved from coast to coast and from generation to generation. His death came just two days before he was set to be honored in a game played by the Giants at Rickwood Field, where Mays' pro career began at the age of 16. Mays is gone but his legacy will truly be felt forever.
Meanwhile, the SF Giants had baseball still to play, and unfortunately they lost the last two games of their series against the Cubs in Chicago. Logan Webb was great but in the middle game but the Giants' offense couldn't muster much, whereas Jorge Soler's eighth-inning grand slam pulled the Giants to within one in the finale but San Francisco fell a run shy.
Now, all eyes turn to Rickwood Field where the Giants will play the St. Louis Cardinals. Rickwood Field is the oldest pro baseball stadium in the nation, and it's located in Birmingham, Alabama, where Mays was born. Mays made his pro debut playing for Rickwood Field's Birmingham Black Barons, and Mays' passing makes what was already a special event even more of a spectacle in his honor.