Blogstorm: Willie Mays on The Daily Show; HRs; Greatness; Race; and Otherwise

In my profile, I state that Willie Mays was a greater player than Babe Ruth was, because Mays played at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

The wind at Candlestick can be so nasty as to blow homeruns back into the park, while Hank Aaron would eventually play in a hitter-friendly park where the wind would "assist" in a home-run.

My dad and uncle still talk about the Giants from the 1960s.  My uncle does so affectionately; my dad, not so much.

He would ride his bike from San Jose to train station and ride up to Candlestick Park and sit so close to centerfield that Mays could literally "say hey" to him.  To him, Mays was out there playing just for ...

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