24 days ’til Opening Day: Willie Mays

There are 24 days left until that best day of the year, MLB’s Opening Day.

24 was the number worn by Willie Mays, one of the greatest players to ever play the sport. He’s famous for being the “Say Hey” kid, for hitting 660 career home runs and for “the catch”, which is shown in the video above.

If you want to read more about him, here’s his Baseball Library page, his Wikipedia entry and his Hall of Fame page.