Willie Mays' godson, Barry Bonds, posted a tribute to the late Hall of Famer with an Instagram post on Tuesday, shortly after his passing.
Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays died on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 93. Tributes poured in throughout the baseball world and those who knew him well, but there are not too many who have both of those titles. Barry Bonds is in that rare fraternity. He is Mays' godson, as Bonds' father, Bobby, was a longtime teammate of Mays.
The home run king posted an ode to his godfather, a fellow San Francisco Giants legend, on Instagram. 'I am beyond devastated and overcome with emotion. I have no words to describe what you mean to me- you helped shape me to be who I am today,' Bonds wrote. 'Thank you for being my Godfather and always being there. Give my dad a hug for me. Rest in peace Willie, I love you forever. #SayHey.
Mays, who spent most of 1952 and all of 1953 serving in the Army, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2015. MLB is set to play a regular-season game on Thursday at the historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, where Mays began his professional baseball career in the Negro League with the Black Barons, between the Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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