Willie Mays celebrates his 79th Birthday with members of the CA Senate and Assembly - pics

[Kadie]

Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, center, talks with state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, left, and Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, in Steinberg's Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, May 6, 2010. Mays, who was known as the "say hey kid" in his playing days, was a guest at the Capitol where he celebrated is 79th birthday.


Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, second from left, gets a round of a applause from Assembly Minority Leader Martin Garrick, R-Solana Beach, left, and other members of the Assembly at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, May 6, 2010. Mays, who was known as the "say hey kid" in his playing days, was a guest at the Capitol where he celebrated is 79th birthday.


Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, center, addresses the state Assembly as Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, left, and Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, right, look on at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, May 6, 2010. Mays, who was known as the "say hey kid" in his playing days in San Francisco and New York, was a guest at the Capitol where he celebrated is 79th birthday.


Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, center, gets a round of a applause from members of the state Senate after he was introduced by state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, left, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, May 6, 2010. Mays, who was known as the "say hey kid," was a guest at the Capitol where he celebrated is 79th birthday.


Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays tips his hat as he gets a applause from state Senators' Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, center, and Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield, right, and other members of the state Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, May 6, 2010. Mays, who was known as the "say hey kid," was a guest at the Capitol where he celebrated is 79th birthday.



Happy Birthday Willie!

:party:

[Botany]

1. The catch

[11 Bravo]

3. Vic Wertz. (And the THROW afterwards was at LEAST as good as the catch!)

[Brother Buzz]

5. The Catch

Thom Ross has been honoring Willie Mays for years with public viewing of his rendition. I first saw them in the seventies in California and was delighted to discover Thom had done them (I took art classes with him in college). We Giants fans don't forget.

Lost I heard, he took them to New York and paced of the distances from the plague marking the old Polo Grounds home plate and planted them.

[villager]

2. Say Hey! I oughtta put on my #24 Giants jersey today!

Happy Birthday, Willie!

[blogslut]

4. Kick for Mr. Mays

I really like that last photo.