SF Giants legend Willie Mays passed away in the summer of 2024, but his presence still looms large in the history of the Giants and major league baseball. A story from his final hours is a poignant reminder of how he and baseball are inextricably linked.
John Shea of the San Francisco Standard, who wrote a phenomenal book several years ago about, and with, Willie Mays that I would highly recommend, appeared on the Splash Hit Territory podcast and shared a very beautiful story he heard about Mays before his passing.