Sports history in Black: Willie Mays breaks a home run record 

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Sports history in Black: Willie Mays breaks a home run record 
Baseball legend and hall of famer Willie Mays walks with President George W. Bush as he acknowledges a standing ovation from the crowd Sunday, July 30, 2006, upon their arrival for the Tee Ball on the South Lawn game between the Thurmont Little League Civitan Club of Frederick Challengers of Thurmont, Maryland, and the Shady Spring Little League Challenger Braves of Shady Spring, West Virginia. Mays was the honorary Tee Ball commissioner for the game. Photo credit: Paul Morse, White House

By Mike Patton

Black News & Views

From all the hits to the basket catches, Willie Mays was an amazing player for the San Francisco Giants on the baseball field. On August 29, 1965, he added one more athletic feat to his Hall of Fame career: He hit his 17th home run for the month of August.

Baseball legend and hall of famer Willie Mays walks with President George W. Bush as he acknowledges a standing ovation from the crowd Sunday, July 30, 2006, upon their arrival for the Tee Ball on the South Lawn game between the Thurmont Little League Civitan Club of Frederick Challengers of Thurmont, Maryland, and the Shady Spring Little League Challenger Braves of Shady Spring, West Virginia. Mays was the honorary Tee Ball commissioner for the game. Photo credit: Paul Morse, White House
Baseball legend and hall of famer Willie Mays walks with President George W. Bush as he acknowledges a standing ovation from the crowd Sunday, July 30, 2006, upon their arrival for the Tee Ball on the South Lawn game between the Thurmont Little League Civitan Club of Frederick Challengers of Thurmont, Maryland, and the Shady Spring Little League Challenger Braves of Shady Spring, West Virginia. Mays was the honorary Tee Ball commissioner for the game. Photo credit: Paul Morse, White House

That not only set a record for the month of August at that time, but a record for any month in Major League Baseball.  

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