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Article: Mays deserves to be celebrated.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 11, 2007
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Byline: Thom Loverro, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
SAN FRANCISCO - This city is still trying to figure out a way to call Willie Mays its own, but it remains a love affair without intimacy.
Mays played 15 of his 22 major league seasons here, but it was New York where he began his career in 1951, where he ended it in 1973 and where he became a national icon and part of the lore of the game. The Giants moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958, and while the city recognized its treasure, the fans didn't connect with him like they did with the stars who arrived shortly after the team moved - players like Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda.
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