The sports world grieved the death of baseball legend Willie Mays on Tuesday, led by a heartfelt tribute from his godson and fellow Giants legend Barry Bonds.
Baseball legend Willie Mays died Tuesday at 93, the San Francisco Giants announced. Mays is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time and an icon of the sport. He spent 21 years with the Giants, starting in 1951 when they were in New York. He moved with the team to San Francisco in 1957 and settled in the Bay Area after he retired following a short stint back in New York with the Mets.
' Mets owner Steve Cohen, who retired Mays' number in 2022 to fulfill a promise made by former owner Joan Payson when she recruited Mays back to New York in 1972, released a statement on Mays' death. 'Willie Mays was one of the greatest to ever play the game,' Cohen said. 'Willie ended his Hall of Fame career in Queens and was a key piece to the 1973 NL championship team. Mays played with a style and grace like no one else.
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