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Originally Posted by Jayworld
+1. I've met him, too. At an Equitable Old Timers game in the 1980s. He was the ONLY old time player that did not attend the pre-game meet/greet at the hotel, and the only one before the game that would not acknowledge anyone at the batting cages. I was told by my friend who was an Equitable rep that Mays would not be invited back.
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I think you guys could give Willie a little slack as he has been mostly deaf for more than a decade. Even without that, growing old aint for sissies - so, for all the thrills he gave all of us...a little slack in leu of gratitude.