A gorgeous sunset served as a backdrop to the Wrigley Field video board Tuesday night during the announcement of the . It was the sixth inning of the game between the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants, and thanks to modern technology, many in the crowd of 36,297 were already aware the Hall of Famer had died that day at the age of 93, having read the news on their smartphones. Giants manager Bob Melvin learned about it before the first pitch but did not inform his players, so starter Logan Webb heard the news when he was going out to pitch in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Cubs public address announcer Jeremiah Paprocki made the statement as an image of Mays was shown on the board. “It was kind of hard (to pitch) at first,” Webb said. “I took my hat off and I was kind of looking at the scoreboard and just thinking about him.

I kind of looked at (plate umpire Todd Tichenor) and I was like ‘I think you need to stop the (pitch) clock’ because I had to take a moment to think about it, be prideful for the jersey I was wearing and the hat I was wearing, knowing that Willie did the same. Then they played the ‘Say Hey’ song.” The crowd applauded, Ian Happ stepped into the box against Webb, and the game went on.

Wrigley Field, Fenway Park in Boston and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles are the only three remaining MLB parks that Mays played in. He was a frequent visitor to Wrigley in his long and storied 22-year career, but his appearances were always special to fans. .