Major League Baseball Honoring Willie Mays W/ Leaguewide Moment Of Silence

Major League Baseball will go silent Wednesday evening — not less than for a couple of moments — as all thirty groups will maintain a second of silence following the dying of one of many biggest gamers of all time, Willie Mays.

Mays, arguably the best participant ever, died Tuesday on the age of 93.

TMZ Sports activities has discovered MLB shortly put a plan collectively … all 15 of immediately’s video games will not begin earlier than the tens of 1000’s in attendance have a second to recollect the 24x All-Star.

The Yankees vs. Orioles and Pink Sox vs. Blue Jays are simply two of the fifteen scheduled to play ball tonight. The Giants and Mets, Could’s groups, may even be in motion.

MLB may even honor Willie (and several other different gamers) throughout a pregame ceremony at Rickwood Subject in Alabama, the place Mays performed a long time in the past as a young person.

Of course, Mays performed for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948, and Rickwood was their house discipline. Coincidentally, MLB occurred to be honoring Negro League gamers this week … when “The Say Hey Kid” handed away.

“All of Major League Baseball is in mourning immediately as we’re gathered on the very ballpark the place a profession and a legacy like no different started,” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred mentioned.

“Willie Mays took his all-around brilliance from the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League to the historic Giants franchise. From coast to coast in New York and San Francisco, Willie inspired generations of players and fans as the game grew and truly earned its place as our National Pastime.”

The Rickwood Subject recreation will air nationally on FOX.