In the Mets’ first home series since his death, a two-game Subway Series clash with the Yankees, the two New York ball clubs honored Mays. Michael Mays, Willie’s son, threw out the first pitch ...

The son of the late Willie Mays knew one of the New York Mets bat boys and spent his formative years inside the team's clubhouse. When Willie was traded to the Mets in May 1972, Michael took on ...

Willie Mays, who passed away last week at the age of 93, was still susceptible to indignations. And two just so happened to come from the New York Mets. The first came in Game 7 of the 1973 World ...

Willie Mays’ son wants people to remember his father’s Mets tenure a little differently ... then won NL Rookie of the Year with the then-New York Giants in 1951. He spent 21 years with ...

Willie Mays, one of the most complete baseball players ... Mays spent his final two seasons of his 23-year career with the New York Mets in 1972 and 1973. The team honored a promise from late ...

The New York Mets debuted a patch on their uniforms during Saturday’s Major League Baseball game against the Houston Astros remembering Willie Mays. The National Baseball Hall of Fame member ...

Mets’ Willie Mays, center, shows John F. Kennedy Jr., left, the proper grip on the bat June 3, 1972, in the dugout at New York’s Shea Stadium. AP Off the field, Michael hopes to carry on ...

Willie Mays authored plenty of unforgettable moments ... at age 93 — didn’t get an opportunity to pinch hit for the New York Mets in the ninth inning of Game 7 against the Oakland Athletics.

He was Mr. New York,” Willie McCovey told author John Shea ... His younger teammates revered Mays, but the Mets’ manager, Yogi Berra, didn’t want him on the roster. There were embarrassing ...