The Minneapolis Millers were the Giants’ AAA team (and Willie Mays had played at Nicollet Park for a very brief stretch before getting called up); By MLB rules of the time, that gave the Giants ...

Perhaps not many Minnesotans are still around who witnessed Willie Mays batting .471 in 35 games for the Minneapolis Millers (before going to the New York Giants) in 1951; more of us remain who ...

Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid" of 1950s and 1960s Giants fame, a home run slugger and center field star for most of his 23-year Major League Baseball career, died Tuesday at 93 after a short ...

TRENTON — Before he was the ‘Say Hey Kid,’ Willie Mays honed his incredible skills during a stint in New Jersey’s capital city. The Thunder announced they will retire the No. 12 j… ...

Willie Mays holds a baseball bat in the clubhouse of the American minor league team Minneapolis Millers on May 19, 1951. Mays played a short stint with the team, then affiliated with the New York ...

Mays spent just 38 days with the Millers — hitting .477 — before the Giants called him up and published an apology to Minneapolis fans for doing so.

His tenure with the Millers began in 1951. Fact 1: The Giants had two Triple-A teams, so it wasn’t guaranteed that Mays would play in Minneapolis.

"Almanac" is a Minnesota institution that has occupied the 7:00 p.m. timeslot on Friday nights for more than 30 years. It is the longest-running primetime TV program ever in the region.

Willie Mays opened his big-league career with a confidence-rattling 0-for-12 stretch before finally blasting a home run off Warren Spahn early in 1951. “I’ll never forgive myself,’’ Spahn ...

Baseball legend Willie Mays has died, and the beginning of his career brought him to Minneapolis. Plus, we’ll take a look at the Minnesotans vying to be in Paris this summer for the Olympics.

Willie Mays the fabulous San Francisco giant players is all set for workout at the Giant training camp at Casa Grande, Arizona March 2, 1964. Mays is one of the highest paid players in baseball ...