Thank you for sharing your extremely personal take on this greatest of players and kindest of men, Ronald. We're all better for you having shared this with us on this sad day for MLB and sports fans around the world.
Mine, too! I met him once in the 1980s, at CNN. I asked if I could shake his hand, and told him how much that meant to me, to shake his hand. My dad was a Dodgers fan, but to both of us, Willie Mays was a legend. And while I get that most people don't think of him as a New York Met, that's who he was to me as a kid!
Wow! You are a very lucky guy to have met and hung out with an American hero and gentleman like Willie Mays. RIP Willie Mays.
What great stories, Ron. Loved Willie. Come play golf in Miami!
Thank you for sharing your extremely personal take on this greatest of players and kindest of men, Ronald. We're all better for you having shared this with us on this sad day for MLB and sports fans around the world.
I thought of your piece you wrote about meeting him when I heard the sad news.
Lovely piece on your family’s connection to Mays. Wonderfully done.
Mine, too! I met him once in the 1980s, at CNN. I asked if I could shake his hand, and told him how much that meant to me, to shake his hand. My dad was a Dodgers fan, but to both of us, Willie Mays was a legend. And while I get that most people don't think of him as a New York Met, that's who he was to me as a kid!
Thanks for sharing those memories Ron. Any recommendations on books covering his life and times?