"Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare ... He wasn't a big man, listed at 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, but he was all sinewy muscle with huge hands that gripped the bat like a toothpick.

Willie Mays has died, and everywhere you look he is ... He was listed at a mere five-foot-11 and 185 pounds, but Mays was all muscle and sinew, with a broad back and lightning-fast hands and ...

“Unleash” is the word, the only word, because Willie Mays does not throw with his arm. He throws with all of himself, all of his 170 pounds of muscle, all of his hopes and ...

Willie Mays was that good ... Then he showed me his hands. The muscle between his thumb and his forefinger looked like a golf ball in there. He said, 'Boy, let me see your hands.' ...

The great Willie Mays, at the age of 93 ... “He had this big old golf ball muscle in his hands. He and Hank Aaron both. Strong handshake. “He was something, wasn’t he?’’ ...

Willie Mays was that good ... Then he showed me his hands. The muscle between his thumb and his forefinger looked like a golf ball in there. He said, 'Boy, let me see your hands.' ...