In 2014, Madison Bumgarner won the World Series MVP award. In 2017, someone will win the Willie Mays World Series MVP Award. Major League Baseball announced on Friday that Mays will receive this honor, timing the announcement to come on the anniversary of The Catch, which is one of the most iconic World Series moments in history, if not the most iconic.
This means it’s a good time to share this, which I had never seen:
On this day 1954: #Giants Willie Mays made his now iconic over-the-shoulder catch at the Polo Grounds in Game 1 of the World Series.