Remembering Willie Mays as Both Untouchable and Human
Briefly

At the end, the Say Hey Kid looked nothing like the extraordinary force who had been at the center of the American imagination for much of the 20th century... He was a creaky-kneed 42 years old on that October afternoon... a warning: Don't be like Willie Mays, sticking around too long... Quit before it is too late.
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