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yuiyoshida

(45,656 posts) Tue May 6, 2014, 08:58 PM May 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIE MAYS!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIE MAYS!! (Original Post) yuiyoshida May 2014 OP

Well, say hey . . . Journeyman May 2014 #1

So many great memories . . . Happy Birthday Willie! Liberal In Red State May 2014 #2

I'm glad Charlie Brown got to meet his biggest fan rocktivity May 2014 #3

One of the all-time great greats. nt brush May 2014 #4

The Red Sox had a chance to sign him. iandhr May 2014 #5

And you can see how well that worked out for him. Fearless May 2014 #6

Think of the outfield the Sox would have had... iandhr May 2014 #7

Or the offense for that matter! Fearless May 2014 #10

Boston history on the race issue hasn't always been great when it comes to sports. iandhr May 2014 #8

There weren't "a lot" there were some and they were promptly shunned. Fearless May 2014 #9

I had a friend when I was young, who had a dad who used to write service orders ... bayareaboy May 2014 #11

Journeyman

(15,484 posts)

1. Well, say hey . . .

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 09:00 PM

May 2014

Liberal In Red State

(464 posts)

2. So many great memories . . . Happy Birthday Willie!

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Tue May 6, 2014, 09:19 PM

May 2014

rocktivity

(45,008 posts)

3. I'm glad Charlie Brown got to meet his biggest fan

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 09:20 PM

May 2014

rocktivity

brush

(61,033 posts)

4. One of the all-time great greats. nt

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed May 7, 2014, 12:00 AM

May 2014

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

5. The Red Sox had a chance to sign him.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed May 7, 2014, 11:32 AM

May 2014

But Johnny Yawkey didn't want a black players on his team.

Fearless

(18,458 posts)

6. And you can see how well that worked out for him.

Reply to iandhr (Reply #5)

Wed May 7, 2014, 12:35 PM

May 2014

Or you could ask... Off the top of my head... David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez, (for one year) Rickey Henderson, Mo Vaughn, Reggie Smith... etc... Just how beneficial racial equality is to baseball.

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

7. Think of the outfield the Sox would have had...

Reply to Fearless (Reply #6)

Wed May 7, 2014, 12:45 PM

May 2014

Willie Mays and Ted Williams on the same team.

Fearless

(18,458 posts)

10. Or the offense for that matter!

Reply to iandhr (Reply #7)

Wed May 7, 2014, 12:54 PM

May 2014

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

8. Boston history on the race issue hasn't always been great when it comes to sports.

Reply to Fearless (Reply #6)

Wed May 7, 2014, 12:50 PM

May 2014

When Subban scored the game winner for Montreal in Game 1 of the Series against the Burins there were a lot of tweet calling him the N word.

Fearless

(18,458 posts)

9. There weren't "a lot" there were some and they were promptly shunned.

Reply to iandhr (Reply #8)

Wed May 7, 2014, 12:53 PM

May 2014

If we have to be held to the light by our most reprehensible people, there are far worse off places than Boston.

bayareaboy

(793 posts)

11. I had a friend when I was young, who had a dad who used to write service orders ...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed May 7, 2014, 04:36 PM

May 2014

at the Caddy agency on Van Ness in Fan Francisco.

And Willie was a definitely a Caddy man. Randy's Father spent a lot of time making sure all was well with that car. And Randy got lots of balls and photo's and so on.

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