Sideline Chatter: When frightened, Mays hit more like Mendoza
Published 9/24/2008 at The Seattle Times: Sports
Willie Mays hit just . 196 off fellow Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, and it's plain to see why. "I was wearing glasses at the time," Gibson told...
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