Hello and happy Saturday.
The number 660 has lived in baseball lore for decades, ever since San Francisco Giants legend and arguable greatest player of all time Willie Mays retired in 1973. Even though it wasn’t the career home run record, 660 was always a baseball number.
It’s such a clean number, and one associated with a man who had no equal on the field. It stuck.
And now, with Mays’ 90th birthday approaching, that number might tick up to 661.
In case you missed the news, MLB recently announced that many of the Negro Leagues will finally be granted Major League status.