New York Magazine | Chris Smith : Chris Smith offers a poignant tribute following the passing of Willie Mays at the age of 93, and I certainly encourage everyone to read it, but I’d like to take a moment to pay my own respects. My family actually wasn’t a big baseball household growing up — I was the only one really bitten by the baseball bug. My dad probably couldn’t tell you who won the World Series the previous year and could maybe only name a handful of active players.

But one of my first baseball memories was of my dad telling me that “Willie Mays was the greatest human to ever play baseball,” and it always stuck with me the conviction with which he shared that belief with me. We had a long strip of grass in the backyard and we spent more than a few afternoons trying to replicate The Catch, my dad lofting the ball high into the air and trying to describe in as much detail as possible how Willie made the impossible play; back before I could see it with my own eyes on YouTube. Rest in peace, Mr.

Mays, and thank you for being part of my introduction to this beautiful game. Yahoo Sports | Jason Owens : Jasson Domínguez just can’t seem to catch a break. Only weeks after he returned from Tommy John rehab, the Yankees ’ top prospect is back on the IL, and we have now learned that he suffered an oblique strain on a check swing this past weekend.

Imaging revealed what Aaron Boone described as a “moderate strain” and there is no timetable for his return. As a.