I think a big reason why it is so famous is because it's Willie Mays. Yet, you don't see footage of Dusty Rhodes' blast off Bob Lemon. Oh well. Still, one of the biggest upsets ever in beating a 111 win Indian team.

Willie Mays. I don't think modern ball players have made such a play that will be remembered like the 1954 World Series. Say hey Kid. Forever.

hall of famer right there....i bet you it would even be hard for b.j upton,curtis granderson,ichiro, or jacoby ellsbury to make that catch!!

def one of the greatest

3,283 hits and 660 homers is safe to say he is def one of the greatest.

Yeah, I knew about the throw and think I had heard that remark from the starting pitcher. Some of the stories from the oldtimers are just great. I loved listening to Berra, Ford, and Riz talk among themselves. I certainly didn't mean to diminish Mays' achievement. In fact, Williams and Mantle said Willie was the best player ever.

I'm a Mets lifer but don't forget that Swobadas catch resulted in a Sac Fly...Mays caught Wertz' titanic shot and also kept the Tribes runner on first...2 for1 deal and far better than Swoboda....why do you think his nickname was Rocky???

The Say Hey Kid not only caught it but also threw a bullet to keep the runner on first. Two great plays for one. The best part of this sequence is the fact that the Giants pitcher was removed. When the relief pitcher came in, he said to him 'well, I got my guy'....

I still remember swoboda's catch in '69.Much more difficult than this and kinda redefined what outfield defense is all about.

of course it would be a homerun in every ball park today the deppest ball park to center fieled is probly no more than 430 500 is crazy

there's no doubt that this is a great catch, but the greatest?...i've seen some amazing catches over the last 20 years...it seems to me that what makes this so special is that filming and video was just starting to come into it's own and so it was the first great play that lived on through posterity...

People have to remember this park was roughly 500 ft to dead center..(to actually hit one out the ball would have to travel 505 ft. because of an overhang) that's the reason this catch is special..Wille was roughly 450 ft.from home plate when he caught this..the ballpark was rectangular in shape..(polo grounds) this would have been a Home Run in most of if not all the ball parks today.

i thought he dove? if not i did that in school for kickball a couple months ago

Wistoncap....agree fully.

Both Joe Dimaggio and Mickey Mantle say that Willie Mays was the best baseball player ever, and thats good enough for me.... Case Closed.

upperdeck4-You're right, my error, I flipped the names....... It was the quote really I was trying to get across and one of the best baseball quotes about a player with great skills.

Umm, Horace Stoneham owned the Giants. Walter O'Malley owned the Dodgers.

mind...I have no idea..I remember Maysliked the idea of playing a bit shallow toget the short stuff and knew he had thespeed to catch up to a lot. The PoloGrounds weren't the norm size wise..itwas an absolute barn..about 495 to thenitch in center. Like I said to someoneelse Willie was light years ahead of mostof the fielders of that day. He could flatfly and had a great arm.

Okay, so the Polo Grounds was big. Why was he playing so shallow then?

Manudt and All the rest.---Horace Stoneham, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers said this :"WILLIE MAYS' GLOVE IS THE PLACE WHERE TRIPLES GO TO DIE!"That says it all --- I rest my case !!