Remembering Willie Mays: Mets' number retirement helped mend fences | amNewYork
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Despite being an invaluable leader, Willie Mays was benched in the 1973 World Series Game 7 by manager Yogi Berra, a decision that puzzled many, including Mays' son.
Mays' son, who was serving as the Mets' bat-boy at the time, vividly remembered his father waiting in the dugout with a bat in hand for a chance that never materialized.
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