The Say Hey Kid
The crowd stood up and roared as
he came up to bat and scored
entertaining our rowdy bunch in center field.
Say Hey was born a poor black boy in
Alabama and went all the way to the big leagues in New
York and then to the S.F. Giants.
His real name was Willie Howard Mays, Jr. wearing number
eight for twenty-two
years until his final game in 1973.
Kind as kind could be and much beloved, he was
inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979
doing baseball the old-fashioned way. Say Hey !!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Matt's baseball contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright © Sue Mason | Year Posted 2009
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