Willie “Say Hey Kid” Mays, one of baseball’s all-time greats, is celebrating his 81st birthday today. Twitter is celebrating with him and sharing fond memories of Willie Mays.
Today Willie Mays turns 81, here's the cake the Cardinals gave him when he turned 38 in 1969: http://t.co/H04MJiqY
— Stirrups Now! (@uniformcritic) May 6, 2012
have a faded autograph from him passed down to me MT @buster_espn: Happy birthday to Willie Mays, http://t.co/CNX5uCDU
— Shayne Forsyth (@shayneforsyth) May 6, 2012
Willie Mays hit by a pitch in 1966. Cardinals' Tim McCarver looks on: http://t.co/cFvcw6tE
— Stirrups Now! (@uniformcritic) May 6, 2012
Great photo RT @MLB: SAY HEY: Happy 81st birthday to MLB's greatest living ballplayer, the iconic Willie Mays! pic.twitter.com/gXJg4QAo
— Tyson Densley (@TysDensley) May 6, 2012
Happy birthday, Willie Mays. In my book, he is still the best ballplayer still breathing. the "Say Hey" kid is 81.
— Tim Sullivan (@TimSullivan714) May 6, 2012
RT @EdgeofSports Happy birthday to "Say Hey" Willie Mays, in my opinion "the greatest living player" since 1951. #SFGiants
— Don Rhoades (@TheGonzoSEO) May 6, 2012
For "youngsters"..How good was Willie Mays? Imagine if Magic Johnson had been a baseball player and you will have a clue! @EdgeofSports
— Bob Davis (@kozmicfunk) May 6, 2012
Happy Birthday to my boyhood idol… Willie Mays. I'm a fourth generation Giants fan and he was my hero.
— Steve Wronker (@SWFB) May 6, 2012
ESPN’s Dick Vitale offers his thoughts as well.
Say Hey Willie was THE BEST I EVER saw-Happy 81 WILLIE MAYS Dad loved Joe D my uncles The MICK but to me NO ONE was better than Willie!
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) May 6, 2012
We join in wishing Mr. Mays a very happy birthday!
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