If Babe Ruth was the first rockstar of baseball, then Giants icon Willie Mays, was surely the second.

It was Willie who is responsible for the term "five tool player", when his manager Leo "The Lip" coined him so, as baseball's first.

Willie could hit, run, hit for power, field and throw. As Leo would say that is God Given

This week BKP salutes the greatest living ballplayer on the planet, and his amazing journey, from the sandlots of Birmingham, Alabama, to the show.

We also say our solemn good-bye to former southpaw, pitching great Vida Blue, who died a few days ago at the age of 73

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