Willie's "aMAYSin" Start with the Mets

Willie Mays was traded to the Mets on May 11, 1972. What happened next was magical. The Sports Time Traveler is jumping back 50 years and a month to cover it.

Last month I informed my childhood Mets friends that it was 50 years since the Mets got Willie Mays. We were 8 years old at that time. My friend Charlie wrote back to me, “If I remember correctly, Willie Mays had the game winning hit in his first game as a Met.” I did a little more research and sure enough Charlie was right - great memory! As I cont…