The series was notable for Willie Mays ' over-the-shoulder catch off the bat of Vic Wertz in Game 1.

In game one of the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds against the Cleveland Indians, Willie Mays made " The Catch "— a dramatic over-the-shoulder catch of a fly ball by Vic Wertz to deep center field.

Mays ' fly was hit to deep right center, and as both Mantle and DiMaggio converged to make the catch, DiMaggio called for it at the last second, causing Mantle to suddenly stop short as his cleats caught a drainage cover in the outfield grass.

However, this was the spacious Polo Grounds, and Giants center fielder Willie Mays, who was playing in shallow center field, made an on-the-run, over-the-shoulder catch on the warning track to make the out.

-some say it sounds like " Say-Hey Mays " for crowd noise The runner on second, Doby, is able to tag and go to third ; Willie Mays just brought this crowd to its feet ... with a catch ... which must have been an optical illusion to a lot of people.

The baseball glove that Willie Mays used in " the catch " on display at the Hall of Fame in 2008The play prevented the Indians from taking the lead and, in the bottom of the 10th, the Giants won the game on their way to sweeping the Series.

In the CD collection Ernie Harwell's Audio Scrapbook, issued in 2007, Mays talks about a running bare-handed catch he made at Forbes Field in 1951, in which the Giants ' players teased the young rookie by treating him with complete indifference when he returned to the bench.

Mays used to cite a catch he made against the center field wall at Ebbets Field, in which he had to scurry back so fast he did not have time to turn around.

Other observers have noted that Mays ' quick relay throw from deep center field was the most important part of the 1954 play, the catch itself being merely a matter of Mays outrunning the ball.

At first, it looked like an easy catch ; then, as Mays continued his full-tilt sprint, the writer became certain it was going to be over his head ; then he became equally certain that Mays would outrun it: " For the second time, I knew Mays would make the catch.

Brick is a little hard to hear over the screams of the crowd at the moment of the catch, but shortly afterward as the crowd settled down he said, " Willie Mays just brought this crowd to its feet with a catch that must have looked like an optical illusion to a lot of people!

The catch that Willie Mays made in the 1954 World Series against Vic Wertz of the Cleveland Indians would have been a home run in many other ballparks of the time.

“ Fans would come early just to watch their fielding-practice magic .” In an essay on Willie Mays ’ famous 1954 back-to-the-plate catch off Cleveland ’ s Vic Wertz, Hano claimed that an even more sensational play was Lindstrom ’ s full-length, leaping grab before crashing into the outfield wall in a 1932 Giants-Pirates game that the New York Herald Tribune later called “ the greatest catch ever made in the Polo Grounds .”

The voice on the audio track of the famous Willie Mays catch in Game 1 of the 1954 Series at the Polo Grounds belongs to Brickhouse, who was calling the Series along with the New York Giants ' regular broadcaster, Russ Hodges.

This play is far less well-known but was similar-looking to the famous Willie Mays catch in the 1954 World Series.

( 2 ) Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants borrowed a teammate's bat and became the ninth big leaguer to stroke four home runs in a game ; ;

Mays Landing ( with a Census 2010 population of 2, 135 ) is a census-designated place located within Hamilton Township that has been the county seat of Atlantic County since 1837.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Mays Landing had a total area of 1. 885 square miles ( 4. 881 km < sup > 2 </ sup >), of which, 1. 660 square miles ( 4. 299 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) of it is land and 0. 225 square miles ( 0. 581 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) of it ( 11. 91 %) is water.

* David Mays ( editor ); " The Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton " ( 2 volumes ); 1967, Charlottesville, Virginia, The University Press of Virginia.

Mays enjoyed his best season in 1921, when he led the American League in wins ( 27 ), innings pitched ( 336. 2 ), games pitched ( 49 ), and winning percentage (. 750 ).

* Benjamin Mays ( profile by Roger Wilkins in June 2, 2003 issue of The Nation magazine on " American Rebels ")

In the fifth inning of Game 2 at Yankee Stadium, Mays flied to deep right center.

Suzette Charles ( born Suzette DeGaetano, March 2, 1963, Mays Landing, New Jersey ) is an American singer, entertainer and former Miss America.

* 1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day.

That's the only thing that kept Willie Mays and me from being teammates – fifty dollars.

* 1979 – Jayma Mays, American actress

* 1931 – Willie Mays, American baseball player

* 1978 – Daniel Mays, British actor

* May 6 – Willie Mays, African-American baseball player

* 1953: Edmund Pendleton 1721 – 1803 by David J. Mays

* Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Atlantic Cape Community College, in Mays Landing – For more information on this program please visit http :// www. rutgersataccc. org.

* Ilsley Boone ( 1879 – 1968 ), established and ran the national headquarters of the American Sunbathing Association ( ASA ) at Sunshine Park ( which operated from 1931 to 1983 ) in Mays Landing.

* Ilsley Boone ( 1879 – 1968 ), established and ran the national headquarters of the American Sunbathing Association ( ASA ) at Sunshine Park ( which operated from 1931 to 1983 ) in Mays Landing

* Mays Point – A hamlet on NY-89 north of the Thruway by the Erie Canal.

* Mays Mills – A hamlet east of Penn Yan on Keuka Lake Outlet.

* Benjamin Mays ( August 1, 1894 – March 28, 1984 ), minister, educator, scholar, social activist, mentor to Martin Luther King Jr, and president of Morehouse College

* January 23 – Willie Mays receives 409 of 432 votes in the BBWAA election to earn enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.

* 17 January – The Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s.

* Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Willie Mays, Major League Baseball

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He remained the sole member of the club for 34 years until Willie Mays achieved consecutive 30 – 30 seasons in 1956 and 1957.

Both Mays and Rollins also reached the 20 – 20 – 20 club in the same season.

Carl William Mays ( November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971 ) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929.

Mays is the only Red Sox pitcher to toss two nine-inning complete game victories on the same day, as he bested the Philadelphia Athletics 12 – 0 and 4 – 1 on August 30, 1918.

* Lee Mays – Former National Football League Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver

Widely regarded as one of the greatest second basemen of all time, during his career Gehringer, who batted left-handed and threw with his right, compiled a. 320 batting average and had seven seasons with more than 200 hits – a hit total never reached in a season by Ted Williams or Mickey Mantle and reached only once by Willie Mays.