Willie Mays makes his famous catch against Cleveland's Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds. (NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) Perspective by Kevin B. Blackistone Just two ...

Baseball legend Willie Mays died Tuesday at age ... One play in particular stands out: "The Catch" in 1954. The 1954 World Series pitted Mays' New York Giants against the Cleveland Indians.

230/.305/.270 with zero home runs. Despite that, MLB renamed the World Series MVP Award the Willie Mays World Series MVP Award in 2017. The Catch is that memorable.

and snared it before instantly releasing a fabulous throw that gets far less attention than the catch itself. Willie Mays, who spent the majority of his career as a center fielder with the New ...

Millions of kids who watched Willie Mays play during the prime of his major league baseball career, or were born after he retired from the game in 1973, pictured themselves making “The Catch.” ...

And almost immediately, an excited broadcaster exclaimed, “Say Hey, Willie Mays kid ... of the Clemson fielder’s catch is to me the most amazing thing about Mays’s career.

The Catch: Willie Mays' Over-The-Shoulder Grab in the 1954 World Series 'Wasn't No Lucky Catch' SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an over-the ...

Willie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an over-the-shoulder catch that ...

“Willie Mays just brought this crowd to its feet with a catch which must have been an optical illusion to a lot of people!” To Mays, it was just another play that happened to come on the game ...