When Willie Mays visited Vin Scully in the booth in 2016, the two got a chance to laugh over old times. Despite being rivals for decades, Scully have said that Mays was the greatest player he's ever seen.
As the baseball world mourns the loss of Willie Mays, a throwback video showing Vin Scully hugging and embracing the New York/San Francisco Giants legend is making rounds on social media.The video, shared by user @korkedbats, showed the wholesome exchange between the two baseball icons that took place 2016, which was Scully's final season as the broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers .
"You charged every base hit like you were a shortstop," Scully told Mays.The video has since gone viral, with 2,500+ reposts and more than 11,000 likes on X as of 9:15 p.m. PT. The timing of the post came minutes after the San Francisco Giants announced on social media that Mays died at 93.Not many baseball fans would disagree with Scully's take on Mays being one of the greatest players of all-time.
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