European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and july sports Federer beats Nadal in five sets to win fifth straight Wimbledon Crown and tie Page 34 the ultimate Allstar Bay area paying tribute to Mays by Hal Bock the associated press when baseballs brightest gather in san Francisco for tuesday nights Allstar  bring along a Buzz of anti Cipa the kind of excitement that Only the games top players can Willie Mays would know All about in his the Golden age of Aaron and Kaline and Musial and Mays collected he de fined baseball a Man equipped with unsurpassed natural skills and a pure zest for the game that made him one of the most dynamic players in what made Willie different was his de Hall of Famer Ernie Banks a lot of folks have it takes it takes focus and it takes Willie had All he played the game As if he was the Only one out his eyes would Light his Energy would kick in and hed be ready to i had the privilege of watching and playing against a great he played so it inspired me to get out there every i  wait to play the giants and watch Mays once owned san much the Way Barry Bonds does he was the Centrepiece of the giants team that moved from new York to California in but he was not embraced at the Start because he was imported from the the City wanted Homegrown stars such As Willie Juan Marichal and or Eric san Francisco Barry Bonds walks out with his godfather and fellow giants Allstar Willie on opening manager Bill places a san Francisco giants Cap on Willie Mays during a news conference on san Francisco Willie Mays shows his batting form during the eighth inning of the 1959 Allstar game in Mays walloped a triple to right Center that won the what made Willie different was his a lot of folks have it takes it takes focus and it takes Willie had All Ernie Banks Hall of Famer Lando like All wound up in the Hall of Mays won the hearts and minds of san Francisco tuesday nights game will display new stars from the raw Power of Prince fielder to the blinding Speed of Jose Reyes to the Overall excellence of Ichiro Mays combined All those simple statistics do not do him there was a lifetime batting average and 660 Home runs batted in and substantial numbers that were skewed because he missed two sea sons serving in the army and then played much of his career in a wind Tunnel called candlestick he played in some unusual Banks the Polo grounds had strange dimensions for a Power candlestick was so Willie adjusted to wherever he was he hit the Ball eve he adjusted to the Park and the team he was Hes an amazing per i once asked him what he thought about when he was at he i dont i just see the Ball and i hit simple As Mays was As much a Force on defense As he was with a Bat in his there was nothing he  said Dick the longtime Pittsburgh and Louis shortstop who beat Mays for the batting title in he played As Well As anybody who Ever played the he had no you knew in the he was always going to hit the Ball in the he was he got a great jump on every i was surprised when he didst make the so were Mays he played with a teammate Monte Irvin said in the Hall of Fame year Book last i played with him six years and some of the catches he made were just he had a great Arm and he made those Basket Mays is Best remembered for the catch he made in the opening game of the 1954 world series against Cleveland Vic in the cavernous Center Field at the Polo Mays turned and ran Down the Ball with his Back to the years he was Mattero fact about the play that has become a permanent world series i was playing very Mays i always played ninety percent of balls Are balls hit in front of youll give those one or two hits Over your i was Lucky speedy enough to catch those i picked it up across the he i was like a wide receiver catching a i did that in High school Many i caught the Ball Over my left shoulder so id be Able to when you look at the film of the it seems like in throwing be fore i catch the the big thing that i was thinking about was the two Guys on when you think that some things happen see Mays on Page 37 Mcmurray ends drought by winning Pepsi 400 027664m63149