Mays was a frequent visitor to the downtown ballpark in San Francisco at 24 Willie Mays Plaza with his statue outside the stadium. He would often hold court with his contemporaries and the younger generation of
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And our good friend Ryan McGee was there to chronicle the attempt. So today, McGee shares the history of folks trying to tackle The Double, and explains how the people who dare to get behind the wheel are built differently from the rest of us....
Before Barry Bonds, McCovey had the single-season record for intentional walks, with 45. The Giants first baseman also had the second-best season, with 40. Only one other hitter in history had ever had even at least 30 -- Ted Williams, with 33. "If you pitch to him he'll ruin base...
is interdependent only brings fragmentation and pain. However, the availability of seeing things in context and the opportunity to improvise at those moments of transition, as Willie Mays exemplified is a good metaphor for us to experience the connecting patterns and evolve within our comple...
OPS+, or On Base plus Slugging that's adjusted for era and park, isn't perfect, but it's a pretty good way to see who was the best hitter at any given time. It reads so that "100" is league average for that season. (In 2020, the leaders were Juan Soto and Freddie Freeman.)...
” Richert told the Los Angeles Times. “My father, who always wanted me to be a baseball player, died when I was 15. When I decided to try baseball, my brother told me that when I was nervous or excited to always say a prayer and dad would help me. As soon as I threw a ...
To that end,Willie Mays’passing last week was a reminder to all of us who aspire to be professionals in our chosen fields how hard that truly is to accomplish. Excellence is fleeting and it rarely happens by accident. Few are so gifted they can simply roll out of bed and create digital...
So just how good, just how unexpected, just how amazing is this season of his? From at least some angles, very. His 23 home runs through 97 Yankees team games (as of Sunday) put him “on pace” for around 38 for the year, which would leave him trailing only Barry Bonds in 2004 ...
Good thing, too because in recent weeks four new art courses have launched online. Two of them, focusing on illustrating children’s books start next month (June, 2013) Mira Reisberg (aka: The Picture Book Whisperer) is offering The Craft and Business of Children’s Book Illustration, June...