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The King of Baseball: Tributes pour in for the late Willie Mays

Mays was the 17th Black player in the major leagues Getty Images WILLIE MAYS made No. 24 “famous forever,” according to Scott Ostler of the S.F. CHRONICLE. His old team “plays at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, the ballpark that features a courtyard lined with 24 palm trees.”...

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