In the hours since it was announced that San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays has died, tributes have poured in from all over the sports and cultural landscape. On Wednesday morning, ESPN baseball writer Buster Onley joined that chorus with a slightly different tune, calling for Mays to be enshrined as the logo for Major League Baseball.
During during an appearance on ESPN’s “Get Up” on Wednesday morning, Olney compared the idea to the late Jerry West, whose silhouette serves as the basis for the National Basketball Association’s logo.
“He absolutely should be the logo of Major League Baseball.