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 ...

It’s as iconic a photograph as ever taken of an athlete in action. In black and white, the baseball player is running away from the camera, the "24" emblazoned on his back, his head tilted upward, his ...

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 ...

With the World Series upon us, we thought we’d spend some time looking at iconic moments from past series. In this case, let’s look at the legendary play from the 1954 World Series. Mays, who played ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...