With two on and none out in the top of the eighth inning of the opening game of the 1954 World Series, left-handed reliever Don Liddle took the mound for New York Giants starter Sal Maglie to face ...

Willie Mays raced at top speed back toward the center-field wall in the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an over-the-shoulder catch that ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 29, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. It’s almost World Series time. The MLB regular ...

It’s as iconic a photograph as ever taken of an athlete in action. In black and white, the baseball player is running away from the camera, the "24" emblazoned on his back, his head tilted upward, his ...

The death of Willie Mays brings back treasured memories of an 11-year-old boy who was among the 52,751 fans in the Polo Grounds who witnessed Mays’ amazing catch. A Cleveland fan, he was awakened at 5 ...

On a night devoted to honoring the late Willie Mays, one San Francisco Giants player found the perfect way to make an in-game tribute to the memory of Mays during the Giants' 5-4 win over the Chicago ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willie Mays raced at ...