Death of Baseball's Willie McCovey in 2018-- Part 1: "Stretch"

WILLIE McCOVEY  1938-2018

From the November 1, 2018, Chicago Tribune  "A sweet swinging Hall of Famer" AP.

Willie McCovey was called "Stretch" for his 6-foot-4 height and those long arms.  he died October 31 at age 80.

He played first base and left field during his career with the San Francisco Giants and was a career .270 hitter with 521 home runs and 1,555 RBIs in 22 major league seasons, 19 of them with the Giants.  He also played for the Padres and Athletics.

His major-league debut came at age 21 on July 30, 1959, after tearing up the Pacific Coast League that year.  He played alongside that other "Willie", Hall of Famer, and that would be Willie Mays into the 1972 season when Mays was traded to the Mets in May of that year.

I well remember his playing days.  He was always a threat to my Cubs.

Stargell, Mays and Marichal.   Wow.