Article: Base: Bonds hits 661st home run to pass Willie Mays

Article: WILLIE MAYS STATUE.(outside Pacific Bell Park in ...
Jet;  April 24, 2000 ;     402 words ...WILLIE MAYS STATUE: Baseball legend Willie Mays tips his cap by his statue after the dedication ceremony of Willie Mays Plaza outside Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco. The statue, by sculptor Will Behrends, was commissioned by San Francisco Giants President ...

Article: San Francisco Giants' Willie Mays and ...
Jet;  July 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ...It was a real San Francisco treat for base ball fans who gathered ... original hometown hero, the legendary Willie Mays was honored and his successor, Giants ... fans and tourists every day at 24 Willie Mays Plaza. After the All-Stars were ...

Article: Giant hug. (San Francisco Giant Willie ...
Jet;  April 7, 1997 ;     412 words ...Giant Hug: San Francisco Giants' Hall Of Famer Willie Mays hugs Jonathan Baer, (1), 2, and his brother, Joshua, 4, prior to a Giants spring training game against the Oakland Athletics ...

Article: Willie Mays: May 6, 1931. (legendary baseball ...
Jet;  May 12, 1997 ;     560 words ...May 6, 1931-- Willie Mays, who became one of the most exciting players in baseball history ... Ruth hit more. Mays played center field for the New York (later San Francisco) Giants during most of his major league career. He was named ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- After hitting his 660th career home ...
KRT Photos;  April 12, 2004 ;     398 words ... ... CONTRA COSTA TIMES (April 12) SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- After hitting his 660th ... engraved torch from his godfather Willie Mays. Bonds tied Mays' home run ... April 12, 2004, at SBC Park in San Francisco, California. Mays and Bonds ...

Article: New stadium to be tribute to Willie Mays
New Pittsburgh Courier;  December 20, 1997 ;     674 words ... ... New stadium to be tribute to Willie Mays The San Francisco Giants' new home in April 2000, became a tribute to Willie Mays--who responded with tears ... Bonds, Willie McCovey and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown led about ...

Article: One Catch, Pure Joy For Nixon; For a Split Second, He Was ...
The Washington Post;  October 3, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... and leadoff hitter Otis Nixon became his idol, Willie Mays. Catching San Francisco Giants pinch hitter John Patterson's shallow ... Nixon said. "I'd always wanted to be like Willie Mays. I spoke with him, met him and just for a moment ...