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 ...

Rachel Wertz learned the news in a way that seemed fitting. Her dad, Terry Wertz, sent her a text early in the week, and thus the son of the man who hit the most revered fly out in history was the ...

Marty Kane, now 86 and living in Monterey, will never forget what he witnessed in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the heavily favored Cleveland ...

The year is 1954, and spring training is underway as the month of March rolled in. Just one day removed from being discharged by the U.S. Army, Willie Mays reported to camp with the New York Giants ...

Just two weeks ago, in the 10th inning of a College World Series regional game between Clemson and Florida, with two outs and Gators on first and second, Florida's Ashton Wilson smacked a pitch high ...

FILE - New York Giants' Willie Mays makes a catch of a ball hit by Cleveland Indians' Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the 1954 baseball World Series in New York's Polo Grounds on Sept. 29, 1954. Mays, the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willie Mays raced at ...