Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley share their impressions of HBO’s new feature-length documentary about Willie Mays, Say Hey, Willie Mays!, and reflect on Mays’s career, then (29:23) talk to director Nelson George about the making of the movie, what didn’t make the movie, his interactions with Mays and other legends, and much more, followed (1:04:59) by a postscript and a Past Blast from 1927.Audio intro: The Baseball Project, “Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays”Audio interstitial: Michael Franti & Spearhead, “Say Hey (I Love You)”Audio ioutro: Gallagher and Lyle, “Willie”Link to Say Hey websiteLink to Say Hey trailerLink to story about banning MaysLink to story about basket catchLink to Mays on BewitchedLink to Mays response to RobinsonLink to Alvin Dark controversyLink to Bill Greason’s SABR bioLink to MLBTR on Baker and ClickLink to Michael Mountain’s cLI dataLink to 1927 story sourceLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Sponsor Us on PatreonSubscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source