Comments on: The Banter Gold Standard: Love Song to Willie Mays http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Thu, 23 May 2013 16:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Mick536 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/#comment-301319 The Mick536 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:38:13 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94097#comment-301319 [6] BOTH pretty special. Checked out the Hano on Google. What would I do without a computer and Google? Just a sidenote: Hano wasn't optomistic about Mays becoming a great hitter. [6] BOTH pretty special. Checked out the Hano on Google. What would I do without a computer and Google? Just a sidenote: Hano wasn’t optomistic about Mays becoming a great hitter.

]]> By: bags http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/#comment-301165 bags Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:33:35 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94097#comment-301165 Goodness. This is utterly gorgeous. Goodness. This is utterly gorgeous.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/#comment-301164 Alex Belth Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:05:29 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94097#comment-301164 6) That's a great book. Written by Albert Brooks' half-brother, Charlie Einstein. Though I think that Arnold Hano's depiction of The Catch in "A Day in the Bleachers" is my favorite. 6) That’s a great book. Written by Albert Brooks’ half-brother, Charlie Einstein.

Though I think that Arnold Hano’s depiction of The Catch in “A Day in the Bleachers” is my favorite.

]]> By: The Mick536 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/#comment-301160 The Mick536 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:15:23 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94097#comment-301160 "They invented the all-star game for Willie," said Ted Williams. I suggest you all read Willie's Time, one of my favorite baseball books. It traces Willie's career in history. The recounting of the Catch is best ever written. Look up piece on Keene, too. I was at the game in 1972 retold here. Also saw Willie play in the Polo Grounds against Mets on July 15, 1962, the day after my 15th birthday during Mets first season. He went hitless. BTY, Don Larsen pitched in the game and Harvey Keene played. Couple of HoFers, too. I looked it up. “They invented the all-star game for Willie,” said Ted Williams. I suggest you all read Willie’s Time, one of my favorite baseball books. It traces Willie’s career in history. The recounting of the Catch is best ever written. Look up piece on Keene, too.

I was at the game in 1972 retold here. Also saw Willie play in the Polo Grounds against Mets on July 15, 1962, the day after my 15th birthday during Mets first season. He went hitless. BTY, Don Larsen pitched in the game and Harvey Keene played. Couple of HoFers, too. I looked it up.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/#comment-301158 thelarmis Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:06:14 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94097#comment-301158 [2] that sounds about right. i'd also put mookie wilson in there! ; ) [3] my pop will agree. he's a big willie guy... [2] that sounds about right. i’d also put mookie wilson in there! ; )

[3] my pop will agree. he’s a big willie guy…

]]> By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/#comment-301156 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:58:53 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94097#comment-301156 Look forward to reading this later. [1][2] Mays above all those guys. 660 taters with two missed seasons..easy to project him breaking Ruth's record while playing all-world D in CF. Best ever! Look forward to reading this later.
[1][2] Mays above all those guys. 660 taters with two missed seasons..easy to project him breaking Ruth’s record while playing all-world D in CF. Best ever!

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/#comment-301152 Alex Belth Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:58:57 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94097#comment-301152 You are probably right about Willie. Mays, Aaron, Bonds...Yeah, I know with Barry comes complications and anger but he's in the conversation. You are probably right about Willie.

Mays, Aaron, Bonds…Yeah, I know with Barry comes complications and anger but he’s in the conversation.

]]> By: garydsimms http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/25/the-banter-gold-standard-love-song-to-willie-mays/#comment-301151 garydsimms Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:44:15 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=94097#comment-301151 Heard an interesting conversation on MLB radio. When Joe D passed away, they said he had been the "greatest living ballplayer." Ted Williams was often called the "greatest living hitter" (although not all-around ballplayer). With both of them gone, and Stan the Man gone too, is it legit to call Willie Mays the "greatest living ballplayer?" I think so. (Henry Aaron might be #2 on the list, but lacked all of Willie's tools.) This from a "kid" who used to claim that the Mick was better than Willie, and then a couple of years later that the Mick WOULD have been better if he hadn't been injured so much. Heard an interesting conversation on MLB radio. When Joe D passed away, they said he had been the “greatest living ballplayer.” Ted Williams was often called the “greatest living hitter” (although not all-around ballplayer). With both of them gone, and Stan the Man gone too, is it legit to call Willie Mays the “greatest living ballplayer?” I think so. (Henry Aaron might be #2 on the list, but lacked all of Willie’s tools.) This from a “kid” who used to claim that the Mick was better than Willie, and then a couple of years later that the Mick WOULD have been better if he hadn’t been injured so much.

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