Giants
SF Giants star was more than just his awards
No one combined his magnificent power, dazzling speed, supernatural arm, preternatural intuition and flair for melodrama. To say nothing of the sheer weight of his exuberance.
Willie Mays was a teenager when he was acknowledged as a baseball phenom, a designation he quickly outgrew as if it were a pair of hand-me-down spikes.
He evolved into a first-rate ballplayer in his own right — a Negro League star, then a minor leagu... [6220 chars]