Joan Payson, then the owner of the Mets, told Mays his number would be retired by the organization after his career ended. “Sadly, Mrs. Payson died before she could make good on her promise," Mets ...

Willie Mays was life itself. He was baseball itself, how it was supposed to be played, and seen, and felt, a children’s game as done by an adult with a child’s enthusiasm and virtuoso’s flair. His ...

Everyone else called it “The Catch,” because nobody could believe anyone could’ve tracked that ball down. Willie Mays knew different. He’d made that catch plenty, on the sandlots of Alabama, in ...

Willie Mays didn’t creep up on the baseball world. He famously started his career 0-for-12 and 1-for-26, with a home run off Warren Spahn in between, and manager Leo Durocher had to console an ...

Michael Mays, the son of Willie Mays, was set to throw out the first pitch Wednesday for game two of the Subway Series — just over a week after his Hall of Fame father died at 93. Prior to the game, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays spent only two seasons with the New York Mets. His legacy will last forever. In a surprise salute at Citi Field, the Mets retired Mays’ jersey Saturday as part of ...