Willie Mays catch

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:42 am

Absolutely Tony they had their own home town heros, even though Mays was a great player they loved their own guys.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

What a shame, as great as Mays was, his fame would have been even greater had he stayed in New York.

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:12 am

Maybe he should have come to the Mets in the early 1960's, but then we wouldn't have seen the great Agee catch but then again Mays would have made so many great catches at Shea.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

Willie never looked as happy as when he played that one season with the Mets. He was long past prime, but he really seemed to enjoy being back in New York.

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:51 am

Too bad we couldn't have had him earlier, the Giants fans didn't appreciate him anyway.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

Thats true, Mays would have been much happier had he stayed in New York.

penncentralpete · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:42 pm

He would have suffered through a lot of losing..........................until '69.

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:48 pm

Yes he would have, I wonder if he would have been happy in NY with all the losing. Even though he only won 1 WS right in 1954 and none in SF they had some great teams in SF.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

If the Mets had obtained Mays, perhaps they would have done some other things to speed the winning process up.

penncentralpete · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:36 am

tonypug wrote:

If the Mets had obtained Mays, perhaps they would have done some other things to speed the winning process up.

They would have had to do a whole lot of things!

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