Friday, May 6, 2016

Today...Every Major League Baseball Jersey Should Say Hey, 85!

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Because it is  Willie Mays'  85th Birthday!

I would be satisfied if every baseball player
wore a Say Hey shoulder patch
to honor a man
who hit  660 home runs
and is beloved by 660 million fans!

He hit his  85th home run
in a game in which both
Willie Mays and  Jackie Robinson
had two hits and two RBI's.

The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated
the New York Giants on that day
and I probably cried myself to sleep. 

But if  Willie Mays had hit six more home runs
in his illustrious career (660 + 6),
he might have been worshiped
in a much darker church.

Born in Alabama on May 6, 1931,
all I really want to say is
Happy Birthday, Willie Mays! 
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