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What was Mike Luckovich thinking?
Mike Luckovich's sketch for his Willie Mays tribute cartoon.
June 22, 2024
The result.
Normally, when someone dies, I draw them at the Pearly Gates. However, when Willie Mays died this week, I remembered that back in April, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record, I had drawn Ruth and Aaron together at the gates, so I wanted to do something different for Mays. I was clueless about what to do, and then this idea hit me.
Remembering Willie Mays
Willie Mays, Negro League players honored at historic field in Birmingham (with photos)
Photos: Baseball legend Willie Mays
Willie Mays homered in Atlanta as part of ‘greatest team ever assembled’
Cartoonist Mike Luckovich: Heavenly spectacles
The Catch: Willie Mays’ over-the-shoulder grab in the 1954 World Series
The Hank Aaron meets Babe Ruth cartoon that ran in April.