llie Mays Day’ on February 4, 24… What about ‘Lee Seung-yeop Day’ on March 6, 2036?

February 4th was ‘Ipchun (立春)’, which means entering the threshold of spring. It is the first of the 24 solar terms and marks the beginning of spring in the new year. San Francisco, a faraway western city in the United States, declared February 4, 2024 (local time) as ‘Willie Mays Day’, the day that marks the new spring in Korea. It is a day to honor legendary baseball player Willie Mays (93).

Who is Willie Mays?

Mays is one of the representative legendary players in the Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a franchise star for the San Francisco Giants and made a name for himself as a great outfielder and slugger from the 1950s to the early 1970s. After playing for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues in 1950, he began his career in MLB by joining the New York Giants (formerly the San Francisco Giants) in 1951. Except for the last two seasons of his career, 1972–1973 (New York Mets), he remained as a ‘Giantsman’ until 1971. ‘ ran.

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