Willie Mays Passes At 93, Pete Rose’s Incredible Impression Of Him
Willie Mays died on Tuesday, June 18th, 2024. Widely known as “The Say Hey Kid,” Mays will go down in history as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Willie Mays was 93 years old.
Tim Kurkjian, ESPN Baseball Insider and Hall of Fame baseball writer, has a podcast and it’s cohosted by me, his son Jeff. Despite working in country radio, I’ve always loved the game baseball. Naturally, with a dad like mine, it’s hard not to grow up loving this sport. So we started our podcast called “Is This A Great Game, Or What?” which has been dream of ours for years.
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Tim Kurkjian On Willie Mays
Tim described Willie Mays as the “greatest player I have ever seen.” He also added that he is only second to Babe Ruth when it comes to the greatest players to ever play this game.
He also added a story about the great Pete Rose. Rose’s 4256 hits is the most among all players to play Major League Baseball. He also is the all-time leader in most games plays and at-bats. He played five years in Philadelphia for our Phillies from 1979-1983.
Major League Baseball Honoring The Legacy
It’s kind of incredible that Willie Mays passed just two days before a very important game Major League Baseball has been planning. On Thursday, June 20th, Major League Baseball will host a game a Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. Mays is from Alabama and he, along with other stars like Hank Aaron, are a huge focus of this game to honor the history of baseball in this area.
We dove into this really big game for Major League Baseball in the full episode of “Is This A Great Game, Or What?” You can listen above or watch below!