Sitting along the third-base line, maybe 15 rows up, Bandler had a splendid view of Vic Wertz’s mighty drive that Willie Mays chased down in the deepest regions of the cavernous Polo Grounds.

“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Howard Mays Jr. (1931–2024) began his career in the Negro ... he famously caught a ball, hit by Cleveland Indian Vic Wertz, over his shoulder. Now simply referred to in ...

Baseball legend Willie Mays died Tuesday at age 93 ... Tied 2-2 in the eighth inning of Game 1, Indians batter Vic Wertz hit ...

Willie Mays, arguably the greatest baseball ... of the eighth with two runners on when Cleveland Indians’ slugger Vic Wertz hit a long drive that looked at first like a home run to break the ...