A stretch of Interstate 80 in San Francisco can be renamed after Giants legend Willie Mays, after the California Legislature accredited a decision final week.
Lawmakers accredited Senate Concurrent Decision 169 by State Sens. Invoice Dodd (D-Napa) and Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) which renames a portion of the roadway “Willie Mays Freeway” after the baseball Corridor of Famer, who died in June on the age of 93. Launched within the legislature final month, Dodd stated the measure had quite a few co-sponsors, together with followers of the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.
“That is an absolute homerun,” Dodd stated in a press release Sunday. “Willie Mays endeared himself to generations of San Francisco Giants followers, together with myself, so naming a road close to the ballpark after him is the right tribute.”
Wiener stated, “He broke limitations as one of many first Black gamers in Main League Baseball, empowering generations of athletes to comply with their goals. It is solely proper that we honor him publicly, in the neighborhood he beloved, and I am thrilled to current this decision to take action.”
Referred to as the “Say Hey Child”, Mays is extensively thought to be one of many biggest baseball gamers of all-time. Throughout his 23 seasons in main leagues, most of them with the New York and San Francisco Giants, Mays was named an All-Star 24 occasions and gained the 1954 World Collection with the Giants.
Starting his profession within the Negro Leagues in Alabama, Mays was among the many first Black gamers to be referred to as as much as the majors, being named the NL Rookie of the 12 months in 1951. He was elected to the Baseball Corridor of Fame in 1979 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Based on Dodd’s workplace, the stretch of roadway that’s being renamed contains the place the Bay Bridge enters San Francisco to close Oracle Park. Indicators can be paid for by non-public funding.
“Now generations to return will journey alongside Willie Mays Freeway on the way in which to look at the Giants whereas the all-time nice in a No. 24 jersey is beaming down from heaven at a grateful metropolis,” Dodd stated.
