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Willie Mays, at 78, decides to tell his story

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The New York Times interviews the Say Hey Kid and previews his soon-to-be-released biography, Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend. (NYT registration required) "Mays wears hearing aids. He has had trouble with his eyes lately, and his voice is a little growly, without the high-pitched glee that reporters described during the early years of his career, when he was known and beloved as the Say Hey Kid. Still, when he lights on a pleasing baseball memory, his eyes widen, his laugh becomes a whinny and years melt from his face. It is telling that just as the interview began, he reached for a Giants cap and put it on."