On the occasion of Willie Mays’s 90th birthday, San Francisco celebrates the ‘Say Hey Kid’

“Everyone’s been really careful with him, obviously,” Giants President Larry Baer said. Mays, he said, pleaded to be allowed to come to games in 2020, a season played entirely without fans, but the Giants had to explain that MLB protocols didn’t allow for nonessential personnel to visit. “And even if we could have gotten an exemption,” Baer added, “it just wasn’t worth the risk.”