>> yeah, he's he was he was our, hero sports columnist scott ostler said he was talking with willie mays one time, and a modest mays was saying how he wasn't sure where he got all that power in reference to the home runs he hit. >> ostler said he looked down where mays had his arms on the table. he was wearing a short sleeve shirt and thought, i think i know where that power came from. describing willie mays arms that looked like popeye, arms in his eyes, very strong wrists at that jr stone. abc seven news. >> well, one person who can certainly speak with a great knowledge and affection about the remarkable life of willie mays lead, is probably the guy who spent an entire career writing about him. the incomparable john shea, national baseball writer for the chronicle and the author of mays biography, called the giants great, his friend. >> look at it now. it's like he's going out on his terms. it's a full circle moment. we're all in birmingham this week to celebrate the leagues, to celebrate willie mays. and two days before the rickwood game, he said, thank you >> and john goes on to say

he was our, hero. >> sports columnist scott ostler said he was talking with willie mays one time and a modest mays was saying how he wasn't sure he got all that power and reference to the home runs that he hit. ostler said he looked down where mays had his arms on the table. he was wearing a short sleeve shirt at the time and thought, i think i know where that power came from. describing willie mays arms that looked like popeye arms in his description, they're very strong wrists at that. now back to you. >> all right j.r. thank you. so great to hear all those stories. and the giants are adding a special patch to their uniforms in honor of willie mays. it's a round patch with number 24 and mays name written inside. you see it there. the patch will be displayed on the front of the team's uniform right above the heart. >> please join us in a moment of silence as we remember the great willie mays. >> that moment of silence taking place today at wrigley field as the giants visited the cubs fitting, they were able to honor mays in a big league ballpark that he actually played in. >> really

>> yeah, he's he was he was our, hero sports columnist scott ostler said he was talking with willie maysne time, and a modest mays was saying how he wasn't sure where he got all that power in reference to the home runs he hit. >> ostler said he looked down where mays had his arms on the table. he was wearing a short sleeve shirt and thought, i think i know where that power came from. describing willie mays arms that looked like popeye, arms in his eyes, very strong wrists at that jr stone. abc seven news. >> well, one person who can certainly speak with a great knowledge and affection about the remarkable life of willie mays lead, is probably the guy who spent an entire career writing about him. the incomparable john shea, national baseball writer for the chronicle and the author of mays biography, called the giants great, his friend. >> look at it now. it's like he's going out on his terms. it's a full circle moment. we're all in birmingham this week to celebrate the leagues, to celebrate willie mays. and two days before the rickwood game, he said, thank you >> and john goes on to say t

sports columnist scott ostler said he was talking with willie mays one time in a modest. mays was saying how he wasn't sure where he got all of that power in reference to the home runs that he hit. ostler said he looked down where mays had his arms on the table. he's wearing a short sleeve shirt and thought, i think i know where that power came from. describing willie mays arms that looked like popeye arms, very strong wrists at that, larry. kristen now back to you. >> yeah j.r. he was an incredible shape when he was playing baseball. thank you j.r. the giants are adding a special patch to their uniforms in honor of mays. it's a round patch with number 24. and mays name written inside. the patch will be displayed on the front of the team's uniform right above the heart. fittingly, the giants started wearing the mays patch today in chicago. they'll continue to wear it for the rest of the season. even sadder than willie's passing is that his death comes only two days before he was going to be honored. in birmingham, alabama, a new mural was unveiled today at rickwood field,

but now we want to go to san francisco chronicle, sports columnist scott ostler who is live with us on the phone. scott. no one better really to give perspective on the passing of of willie mays and someone who's seeing him play the new your initial reaction when you heard the news tonight. >> well, first of all, i don't buy best. you know, john shea was tight friends with everything, but but i did get she willing play and i didn't get to talk few times and it was a throw. my reaction i guess not unexpected because i know it been declining in recent years so it was not told we have a move just as a shock. but, you know, i flash back and and so many memories. i was a kid first started to watch baseball. you know, major, just a it was a riveting, a player. you just. compelled you to watch him. he was very theatrical. he played with a certain flair and enjoy that. you just don't see, you little things like when chase fly ball is have a well, he did that on purpose because he knows look cool. you were had a little too small. so it fly off because he liked it that you'd like to put on the s

and this morning we're joined by san francisco chronicle columnist scott ostler about the say, hey kidod morning to you, scott. good morning. so scott, you know, one of the best things to hear about from folks when they share their memories is hearing about their favorite memories of willie mays. tell us about yours. >> well, i've got one memory. about seven years ago, dwight clark, the great, 49ers wide receiver, had basically received a death sentence. he was dying, and, he would be around another 6 or 8 months. and i had this idea to set up a new dwight. i had an idea to set up a photo shoot with dwight and willie, dwight had the catch. willie had his famous catch in 1951 called the catch. so i thought, hey, we got both these guys here. let's get up, have a picture of the two of them, each holding the photograph of his catch. and then i thought, well, you know, maybe we could make prints of these and sell them, for charity or whatever. and so i set it up. willie agreed to do it, but before just before the shoot, i was told, you know, you got to talk to willie. you got to call him. a