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san francisco mourns a legend tonight. hall of famer willie mays has died at the age of 93. we look back at his incredible career with the giants and the legacy he leaves behind both here and at the mlb. >> catching everything that came out there. >> join us as we honor one of greatest and most beloved players. from kpix this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. hi, i'm sara donchey.

there is, perhaps, no other storied athlete in bay area sports history. generations of fans marveled at his incredible talents and personality. he died. and extending well beyond the baseball field. he broke down barriers for athletes of color and even heard from former president barack obama if it had not been for mays he may not have been elected to the white house. let's bring in vern glenn. >> he called me peewee, called me peewee. his hometown tonight, well, where he played in the negro leagues is now a celebration of life instead of a tribute. mays played with joy, command and respect for the game and he always put on a show. >> go back, number 600 for

willie mays >> and a great baseball player is an under statement. you can not mention the five greatest player of all-time without bringing him into the discussion. son of a steel mill walker. he learned at an early age, his alabama high school had no baseball team it was clear that sport would define him. >> at 16 he was playing for the black barons of the negro leagues, he signed with the new york giants the day after he graduated high school and he was playing at polo grounds that was 1951. his career was put on hold for two years for military service. 1954 he was back in uniform doing what he did best. over the shoulder

catch in the '54 catch still known as "the catch." most valuable player in 1954 >> i think i got you. did you hit your 31st home run today? do you play center field, are you say hey willie mays. >> reporter: he drove in over 100 runs, 660 home runs fourth all-time. career batting average was .302. from the wonderful world of sports we bring home run derby. high my ball into right center field. may go all of the way. way back there and gone into right center field bleachers >> led them to the 1962 world series and became team captain in 1974. followed by another

mvp award in 1965. almost 40 years after he retired in 1973 as a new york met he was considered baseball's greatest living ballplayer. label of which he took offense >> i never liked that. >> greatest ballplayer rather than the living ballplayer what good is that? i, i, i heard that when i first heard it i don't know if you were around. when i first heard it, wait a minute. you know, i got to pass away before you guys give me credit for doing something? >> he was inducted to the baseball hall of fame. i arrived on a friday, at 4:00, scared to death with three bats in my briefcase, my glove, i did not have a uniform or a hat. leo said to me son, as long as i am coach you don't

need to hit. it gave me a little courage. >> when at&t park first opened a statue was erected in his honor at 3rd and king street in san francisco. by then, his god son, barry bonds, setting home runs of his own. in fact, mays was a fixture at the ballpark, telling stories and passing on wisdom to current giant players >> it is awesome to have a chance to talk to him. >> he brings a lot of history with him. not only about him but with him to the game every time he is here. >> here it is. struck him out. >> after san francisco won the world series in 2010, mays returned to new york to share the title with giant fans there. >> i used to go up and down this street all of the time. so, i am familiar with this area. that is why i want to come back and that is all up to

know what i have done here. >> reporter: that stadium is gone but the streets where he once played stick ball is there. willie mays the say hey kid [music] >> say hey. >> reporter: his position in history of baseball will live on forever. >> all right, sara, he loved the game, he loved the fans, even when the realities of race and real estate did not love him back the when choosing a neighborhood to live in the late 1950s early 1960s, sherwood forest realtors would not sell to mays, that is the neighborhood that is by saint francis wood >> more on that in just a minute but tonight, land marks around including city hall, coit tower as well shining orange tonight. when you enter the park the first thing that you see is this statue of willie mays. fans have been stopping by and leaving flowers

and tributes to the baseball legend. we have been talking to them. she is live right now, i know people were bringing more than just flowers, some people have musical tributes? >> reporter: yeah. that is right. here at the namesake plaza, fans all evening long have been paying tribute to the say hey kid. you can see behind me, i will step out of the way. this growing monument for willie mays, people have been bringing flowers, candles, bobbleheads and baseballs and not many people got the chance to see him play live but i spoke with one woman who did get the chance to perform live in front of the say hey kid. ♪ >>reporter: tributes of all sounds and meaning poured into

willie mays plaza including one from kerry brandon. >> i was born and bred a giant's fan. coming to games since i was seven years old. for me at my age it is hard to imagine living in a world where he is not here. but it means so much to have his statue and his legacy as part of the bay area. >> reporter: most poem never had the pleasure of seeing willie mays play. but, brandon came closer to most when she performed national anthem at a game he was being honored at >> to get to interact with this legend, even at a young age i knew what an incredible opportunity i had to meet him. it was one of my best childhood memories >> fans of the giants and beyond came to pay respects tuesday evening. some offering a prayer or a tear. the impact of mays shines through the tributes and seen through the spirit of baseball. dining across the street when he got wind of the passing of the say

hey kid. he is a dodger fan that says rivalry are put aside when a legend of mays level passes on. >> i am a dodger fan, you have to respect who that man did. then talk about particularly a black athlete during the time he played on the eve of juneteenth. willie mays paved the way for a lot of the athletes that you see today especially mlb, he is a legend. >> reporter: from rivalry to comradery, shining through generations and for brandon she mourns the loss of a legend alongside her father playing a trumpet tribute to "take me out to the ball game." >> reporter: a moment to cherish one last time for the say hey kid. >> the city is grieving if but also celebrating the life of an incredible person who meant so

much to the bay. >> reporter: woven into the fabric of the giants, not only the pay area but to the spirit of baseball. sara? >> lauren, i just want to say for our audience when you go out and do a story like this you never know who you meet. all of the people you talked to had amazing stories, thank you for sharing that with us. it serks motional. appreciate it. -- emotional, appreciate it. rich waltz announced mays passing during a minor league game at rickwood field today. >> it is with great sadness with we announce that giants legend hall of famer willie mays has passed away. here we are in a celebration in a

ballpark where he got his start as a 17-year-old playing for a black barons. >> you can hear his voice waiver just a little bit there. obviously an emotional moment that game, along with thursday's game were part of mlb celebration of the negro league baseball. mays had released a statement yesterday regretting he could not attend. earlier today i spoke with reverend brown about how mays stood tall in the face of bigotry . >> he has something on the inside that enabled him to not react to negativity but he always responded positive. >> obviously no one is surprised there is this outpouring tonight. reaction to all of this, mays god son and fellow giants posted on line tonight that mays helped shape him into the man he is today.

giants released a statement of their own from willie mays son, michael. thanking his fans for the unwavering love they have shown his father and larry baer. saying i fell in love with baseball because of willie, plain and simple. wow, just, we knew when this moment came there would be so much reaction and so much love. even knowing that pretty overwhelming for a lot of people >> picking up on that i want to do a shout out to mays other god son, daniel murphy, a long time photographer at kpix. condolences to your family. imagine if you are a giant's ballplayer in the 1990 s and in walks willie mays into the clubhouse every day. a long time giant, nine seasons talked about it earlier tonight. >> j.t. snow, a san francisco giant for nine seasons he joins

us, j.t., here is what i want to know, what was it like seeing willie mays in the clubhouse, back in the day, middle 90s, into the 2000 where he would routinely show up in the clubhouse. >> yeah. i got traded to the giants in 1997. my first spring training seeing mays, mccubby. i joked about it. they got to spring training a couple times, the yankees have a good group of guys that they can run through the clubhouse. but it was nothing, they were not there every day like willie mays was. he was there every day sitting in the clubhouse and, he was, once you got to know him he was old school, he wanted to shake your hand, he wanted to learn about you and know where you are from. one guy that was nervous about

asking him for an autograph, not that he would say no, he never said no but he was just that intimidating force. i think all of the giants players as we walked through the clubhouse we were humbled and almost embarrassed. maybe some of the contracts we had going through. the stories and the way he played the game if he played in today's era what he would have done. a sad day. i learned about it at dinner tonight. my heart sank. he was my dad's favorite player. love the number 24. i was not old enough to remember him playing a whole lot. he was such a great man in the clubhouse. i got a chance to meet him down here on the peninsula where he lived. my kids went to school where he lived. and, it, it is a sad day. he was one of like you were saying 5 tool play per, right? could hit, power,

run, field, throw, play in any era. he was just, just a great man. all of the things he went through and he talked about it, giants going back to playing birmingham on thursday. the stuff that he went through when he moved out here to san francisco. really, really enlightning and fun to be around. i remember some of his quotes. he always said practice like a pro, play like a kid which he did. it stuck with me. big on defense. he said defense is key to playing baseball. you can control defense. talk to you about hitting, defense, base running, anything you wanted to. i am just honored and humble to have gotten to know him and spend nine years around him in the clubhouse almost every day >> wow. >> a quick story involving j.t. snow, 2002 world series game 6,

giants poised to win the game and win the world series. i am outside of the giants clubhouse, standing next to willie mays, watching the end of the game on the monitor. the clubhouse boys have come into the clubhouse, put up the tarps, brought in the champagne, j.t. snow and barry bonds are already in the clubhouse. i say to mays, i go, hey, willie, how about a quick interview to get your emotions, this is about to happen. >> and he turns to me and says you know what, peewee, let's just wait. i don't want to jinx anything. angels come back, win game 6 and win the world series. >> wow, you were in good company that day regardless of the outcome >> yeah. >> all right, vern, thank you very much. we have much more on mays life and legacy and show you what we found from decades ago when we dug through our kpix archives. we lock back at some of the moments his fans treasure the most. but first, a look at weather. well, for the second day in

a row our skies looked like that at sunset. that is all smoke. all coming from the sites fire, coming up in the forecast we will use the virtual set and high-resolution smoke forecast. do our best to figure out how we finally get rid

. okay, in the first alert forecast many of us will be 10 degrees cooler tomorrow. that is part of the change that could help with this. that is the time lapse. that is the airport right there. downtown san jose. you can see the plume of smoke and the red sunset. we are on under an air quality advisory. all day today and all day tomorrow. not done with it yet. another view, this is the view from mount diablo at sunset to show you the same view. where is all of that coming from? same place as yesterday. can you see the plume of smoke out there in sites fire. not putting a lot

of smoke in the sky. it did start to become a smoke producer. most of the smoke was getting drawn a little bit away from us. yesterday, right under it. today, things did get better. we still had enough smoke left over from what we pulled in yesterday and left over smoke that we still have from the point fire. if we look at the air quality centers across the bay there is a pattern. inland valley. air quality was moderate for much of the santa clara valley. using the virtual map to understand why you got the worst of the deal. using virtual map. wide view, see the streamlines on here. look at what the winds are doing. moving through the bay this way. north to south. if we follow them when we get down to the santa clara valley that is a bowl. that just traps everything, nowhere to go from there. everything piles up in the santa clara valley on days like that. moderate air quality. we are learning more

and more about this stuff. over the long-term you want to limit your exposure to this whefn it is moderate. let's get an idea how this might improve tomorrow. high-resolution forecast. . source from there. take it forward, look how most of that is getting pushed away. we might see a return of it going through the late afternoon. notice how there is a general push in the atmosphere there. watch the winds. winds are coming back. and, we are also going to bring in cleaner air and some help from out over the pacific. let's get into the seven-day forecast. we mentioned how tomorrow is the coolest day in the seven-day forecast. you are going down 10 degrees, here is your wednesday. these are the inland numbers, then, warm back up again, two days with the onshore influence. marine layer thursday morning, then, over, we will go right back to sunny and warm. you will be in the middle 90s again by the time we get to the weekend. remains to be seen. that will be

determined how active that fire is. all right, sara back to you. ♪ . as you know we are remembering the life of willie mays who died today at the age of 93. one of best players in baseball history and pulled off legendary plays when the league was emerging from segregation. despite his success, mays faced bigotry when he tried to buy a home here in the bay. >> willie mays will forever be a legend, not only in baseball but the city of san francisco. when we spoke this evening to a man that knew him well. former mayor willie brown. >> he had to go through the trials and tribulations of an african american trying to live in the city. they had limitations that they denied and willie mays traversed all of that and became a part of

what changed, the nature of how this nation treated baseball players. >> reporter: when willie mays came to san francisco he was stunned how difficult it was to buy a home, not because of funds, but because he was black. >>. >> the summertime, yes. >> reporter: the ballplayer wanted to buy a home near mount davidson but the offer was rejected. the homeowner said he felt pressure by his white neighbors. city and civil rights officials intervened. the homeowner relented and mays bought the home. >> the price at the time 5-37 times more of what was asked from a white buyer. thankfully times have changed. now a tribute from london-breed she said some things go without question, it is foggy in the

summer, cable cars go halfway to the stars and willie mays is the best there ever was. we are sharing our memories of the say hey kid and love to tell you yours. with the #kpix. straight ahead, willie mays

. welcome back. it has been a sad day here at kpix. talking about the passing of willie mays. so many stories shared about him from you and people that knew him and loved him and

family and friends, baseball players, managers. i think he is one of those icons that is storied that there is always something new to learn about him. >> and, if you meet him, you got to thinking he really cares what i expng how my family is. -- cares about my family. >> welcome to the willie mays say hey experience. right across the street from oracle park. >> we have a lot of photos never exhibited before from his early days in birmingham and new york. >> jack serves as the giant's president of team development he also is the museum currator. >> how did this evolve? >> larry ark proached me and asked if i can ask with --

approached me and asked if i can put it together. there is a lot of talk about doing something for mays for a long time. he asked me to help put together a pop up museum and try to have it ready for his birthday. which we did with birthday cake >> this museum captures his entire career, rise, hit, hit for power, run, field, throw, the greatest five tool ballplayer. >> is there one thing, picture, factoid in here where even you said to yourself, i did not know that? >> well, for me, i really love all of the old black and white photographs of mays when he was young and just breaking through. i had seen several of them iconic and seen a lot. i would say half of the photographs i had not seen before. >> what a huge piece of

baseball history right across the street from oracle park. >> i am going to guess that facility will now probably draw more attention than the giants team. >> we were just talking about that when the next home game happens the line will be out the door >> and the museum is free of charge, open every giant's home game. it will be flooded. >> yes. >> we will be there to see all of it, thank you for bringing us t

. before we go tonight, sara and i wanted to leave you with some images of willie mays throughout the years as we have been sharing with you all evening. he died today at the age of 93. >> we want to thank you for spending the evening remember a true bay area legend. please enjoy. good night. willies incredible play made world series history. ♪. for his 500 round-tripper >> mays gets his first hit of the series. >> i believed i could do

anything on the ball field. >> he says we going to get a cable car. what is a cable car [ laughter ] >> noits. >> the hall of famer, number 24, mr. willie mays! >> say hey, swinging at the plate ♪ say hey. ♪ happy birthday, dear willie, happy birthday to you. we love you, willie. happy birthday.

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