It's Willie Mays' 85th birthday. He probably doesn't want the same present I ask for every birthday, which is a time machine to go back in time to watch Willie Mays play baseball, but hopefully he gets whatever he wants and has a happy, happy birthday.
There are different ways to celebrate. You can read a comic book about his life. You can revisit last November, when Mays was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. You can remember how in addition to being one of the greatest baseball players ever to live, if not the greatest, he helped A Charlie Brown Christmas get made. You can go ask yourself which game of his you would watch if you had the chance. You can remember the time he toted a…
