Baseball legend Willie Mays passes away at 93
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00:00Besides Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Jackie Robinson, the Say Hey Kid has made America's pastime the endearing sport that it is to Americans.
00:08Yesterday, on the eve of the Juneteenth holiday, Willie Mace Jr. passed away at the age of 93.
00:15Just about every great and formidable baseball player and sports writer regard the San Francisco Giants center fielder as Major League's greatest position player of all time.
00:25He could hit for average, power, has the speed to run the bases, excellent field fly balls and has a cannon for an arm in throwing base runners out.
00:33For his career, Mace had 3,293 hits, 660 home runs, 12 Golden Globe Awards, two league MVPs and until his death yesterday was the game's oldest Hall of Famer.
00:46President Barack Obama also bestowed on him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest award for civilians in 2015.