Say Hey! Happy 93rd. Birthday, Willie Mays

[usonian]

There will be cake, but not the 569 pound cake he received for his 37th birthday and 569 home runs in 1968.



https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Astros-Willie-Mays-birthday-cake-Astrodome-pound-15250872.php

I doubt that Judge Roy Hofheinz told Willie to finish his cake before he could eat his vegetables.

[twodogsbarking]

1. If you have seen this or haven't seen this you are in for a treat.

[Silent Type]

3. Still get chills when I see that. Loved baseball back then. Of course, I was probably 9 or so.

[twodogsbarking]

4. I got to see Willie play in a double- header. He and Willie McCovey hit seven home runs I think, crushed the Pirates.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Guerrilla art the SF Bay Area woke up to in on Willie's 53rd birthday

Thom 'Kid' Ross parked these on a hillside outside of Petaluma, California, on May 6, 1984, to commemorate Willie’s 53rd birthday



Later, he moved them to Wyoming



Ultimately, they got parked in New York, 460 feet from the Polo Grounds' home plate (There's a plaque marking home plate location)

https://www.si.com/more-sports/2009/09/29/thom-ross

[Faux pas]

2. He was a

baseball joy to behold! Say Hey Willie

[nevergiveup]

6. I forgot that phrase.

"Say Hey Willie" and "Stan the Man" were my two favorite players.

[Auggie]

5. Give him a uniform and put him in the Giants lineup