Giants celebrate Willie Mays 80th birthday..

Willie Mays wore No. 24 as a Giants legend, but on Friday night a huge No. 80 cake made of cupcakes was placed near the pitcher's mound at AT&T Park to celebrate Mays' 80th birthday. He wasn't celebrating alone. Around the cake were many of Mays' former teammates, including two from his Negro League team plus Willie McCovey, Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda.

Mays was carted around the ballpark to join more than 40,000 fans as part of the birthday party. The crowd wore cone-shaped, orange birthday hats that matched the oversized hat on Mays' statue outside of the ballpark.
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During the celebration, Mays had some heavy hitters send video birthday wishes, including Commissioner Bud Selig, fellow Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, singer Tony Bennett and former President Bill Clinton. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama's birthday letter was read aloud by broadcaster Jon Miller.

Of course, the fans sung "Happy Birthday" near the end. Then Mays showed his appreciation. "I'm just so happy I made it to 80," he told the crowd. "When you have so many people come out, it's just a wonderful, wonderful feeling."

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Then the Giants went out and gave the Say Hey Kid another present by rallying late for a 4-3 victory over the Rockies..Happy Birthday Willie!

I loved watching him play baseball.