SPORTS COLUMNIST FRANK GRAHAM INTERVIEWED. BASEBALL AUTHORITY. COMMENTS ON GRANTLAND RICE'S FIRST CHOICE OF TY COBB AND BABE RUTH AS SECOND. CONTROVERSY BABE RUTH'S "CALLED SHOT", HOME RUN AGAINST CHARLIE ROOT. 1932 WORLD SERIES.

<p><b>The reporter voicing this package is CNN's Andy Scholes</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/18/sport/willie-mays-dies/index.html</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Willie Mays, the dynamic baseball Hall of Famer who shined in all facets of the game and made a dramatic catch in the 1954 World Series, died Tuesday at the age of 93, the San Francisco Giants announced.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays passed away “peacefully and among loved ones,” his son, Michael Mays, said in a release from the Giants, the Major League Baseball franchise with which Mays was most associated.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood,” Michael Mays said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Known as “The Say Hey Kid” for the way he enthusiastically greeted others, Mays was a five-tool player with the rare ability to hit for power and for average while also excelling at running, throwing and fielding. In 23 major league seasons, mostly with the New York Giants and the San Francisco Giants, he finished with 660 career home runs – then the second most behind legend Babe Ruth.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays led the National League in home runs and steals in four seasons and in slugging five times. He hit over .300 ten times and had a career average of .301.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The speedy center fielder also was as dominant in the field as he was at the plate, winning 12 Gold Gloves.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, one of the most exciting all-around players in the history of our sport” Major League Baseball said on X.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays “inspired generations of players and fans as the game grew and truly earned its place as our national pastime,” MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred said in a release Tuesday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Willie Mays provided a statement to CNN about the MLB incorporating the Negro League stats into its historical records.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Baseball legend Willie Mays says it’s ‘amazing’ he has 10 more hits after MLB integrated Negro League statistics</p>\n<p>“And yet his incredible achievements and statistics do not begin to describe the awe that came with watching Willie Mays dominate the game in every way imaginable. We will never forget this true Giant on and off the field,” Manfred said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In early June, after Major League Baseball integrated Negro League statistics into its record books and added 10 hits to Mays’ career totals, he told CNN that “it must be some kind of record for a 93-year-old.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The hits came in 1948, when he was teenager with the Negro American League’s Birmingham Black Barons.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I was still in high school,” Mays recalled. “Our school did not have a baseball team. I played football and basketball, but I loved baseball. So my dad let me to play … but ONLY if I stayed in school. He wanted me to graduate. I played with the team on weekends until school was out for the summer.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I thought that was IT; that was the top of the world. Man, I was so proud to play with those guys,” he said. Mays called his statistical accomplishment at age 93 “amazing.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays had just said he couldn’t attend special game set for Thursday</p>\n<p>Mays’ death came just one day after he told the San Francisco Chronicle that he wouldn’t be able to attend a major event planned for later this week: Major League Baseball is scheduled to commemorate Juneteenth and celebrate the Negro Leagues with a game Thursday at Rickwood Field, in Birmingham, Alabama, where the Black Barons played.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>MLB had long planned to honor Mays at the game, though he told the Chronicle on Monday that he couldn’t make it to Birmingham and instead would watch his San Francisco Giants play the St. Louis Cardinals on TV.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“My heart will be with all of you who are honoring the Negro League ballplayers, who should always be remembered, including all my teammates on the Black Barons,” Mays told the newspaper.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In the wake of Mays’ death, Thursday’s game will also serve as a national remembrance “of an American who will forever remain on the short list of the most impactful individuals our great game has ever known,” Manfred said Tuesday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays was known in part for one of baseball’s most memorable catches – in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians at Polo Grounds in New York.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>With runners on first and second in the eighth inning of a 2-2 game, Indians batter Vic Wertz hit a 425-foot drive to deep center field.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays turned and sprinted back towards the wall, somehow catching the ball over his shoulder with his back to the plate. He then fired it back to the infield, preventing the runners from scoring.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In those days, players regularly scored from second base after tagging up at that ballpark. The catch became the defining play of Mays’ career and one of the most famous plays in baseball history.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>New York won the game 5-2 in 10 innings and would go on to sweep the Indians to capture the World Series.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>That capped an impressive season for Mays as he won his first of two National League Most Valuable Player awards. The other came in 1965.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 1954, Mays led the league with a .345 batting average and 12 triples and smashed 41 homers while driving in 110 runs.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>But what’s perhaps most extraordinary about that 1954 season was prior to it, he did not play baseball. Mays spent most of 1952 and all of 1953 in the Army.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>A long, brilliant career</p>\n<p>Mays made his Major League debut for the Giants in 1951 at the age of 20 after playing in the Negro Leagues.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>He wasted no time in capturing accolades.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>He won the Rookie of the Year award and helped New York rally from a 13-game deficit to tie the Brooklyn Dodgers at the end of regular season.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Josh Gibson, catcher for the Negro League Homestead Grays of Pittsburgh, practices his swing before a game at Forbes Field in 1940.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 1958, baseball’s landscape changed dramatically as the Giants moved west to San Francisco.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>It was a new home but the same outstanding level of play from Mays, who notched a career-high .347 batting average in his first season out west.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Four years later, Mays’ 49 homers and 141 runs batted in (RBI) helped the Giants return to the World Series, where they lost a 7-game thriller to the New York Yankees.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays would play in 24 All-Star games before retiring in 1973 after two seasons with the New York Mets.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>His number 24 is retired by the San Francisco Giants.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“To a native San Franciscan, some things just go without question: it’s foggy in the summer, cable cars go halfway to the stars, and Willie Mays is the best there ever was,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed said Tuesday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“He was from a generation who faced segregation and racism, a generation that paved the way so that many of us could have the freedom to thrive,” Breed continued.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>‘One of baseball’s most exciting stars,’ says Mays’ Hall of Fame plaque</p>\n<p>In 1979, Mays was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. “One of baseball’s most colorful and exciting stars excelled in all phases of the game,” his plaque reads.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>That same year, he took a job as a greeter with a casino hotel. Baseball, which feared any connection with gambling, put him on permanent suspension. But Mays was welcomed back into the game in 1985 by commissioner Peter Ueberroth who said Mays “belongs in baseball.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>On Mays’ National Baseball Hall of Fame page, the late former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher is quoted as saying: “If somebody came up and hit .450, stole 100 bases and performed a miracle in the field every day, I’d still look you in the eye and say Willie was better.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 2015, President Barack Obama bestowed Mays with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We have never seen an all-around, five-tool player quite like Willie before,” Obama said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Willie also served our country, and his quiet example while excelling on one of America’s biggest stages helped carry forward the banner of civil rights,” the statement continued. “It’s because of giants like Willie that someone like me could even think about running for President.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 2017, Major League Baseball renamed the World Series Most Valuable Player Award after Mays.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Barry Bonds, who was Mays’ godson and holds the MLB career record for home runs at 762 after playing in the majors from 1986 to 2007 – including for the Giants – said Tuesday he was “beyond devastated and overcome with emotion.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I have no words to describe what you mean to me- you helped shape me to be who I am today. Thank you for being my Godfather and always being there. Give my dad a hug for me. Rest in peace Willie, I love you forever. #SayHey,” Bonds posted to Instagram.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays was “more than just a baseball icon,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a release Tuesday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“His impact extends far beyond baseball,” Newsom said. “He became an integral part of San Francisco’s cultural fabric and a cherished member of our community. His legacy will forever be intertwined with the legacy of the city he loved.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><pi><b>***This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment.***</b></pi></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><pi><b>***This pkg contains photos from AP Images/Getty Images that are only cleared for use within the pkg. Affiliates may not cut these photos out of the pkg for individual use.***</b></pi></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>00-17</p>\n<p>Major League Baseball</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>18-23</p>\n<p>CNN</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>23-28</p>\n<p>Getty Images</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>28-51</p>\n<p>2012</p>\n<p>BAToffice</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>52-57</p>\n<p>CNN</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>57-1:09</p>\n<p>1954</p>\n<p>Major League Basebll</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:09-1:13</p>\n<p>2012</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:13-1:22</p>\n<p>AP Images</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:22-1:25</p>\n<p>Major League Baseball</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:26-1:52</p>\n<p>Getty Images</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:52-1:55</p>\n<p>Major League Baseball</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:55-1:58</p>\n<p>CNN</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:58-2:03</p>\n<p>Major League Baseball</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>2:03-2:14</p>\n<p>Getty Images</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>2:14-2:21</p>\n<p>2015</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>2:22-2:28</p>\n<p>Getty Images</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SOT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>From the time he first set foot in the major leagues as a 20 year-old rookie for the New York Giants in 1951, to his last days with the Mets 22 years later, no one played like Willie Mays. Born in Alabama... he earned the nickname the "say hey" kid for his enthusiasm towards baseball. He played in 24 All-Star games, was twice voted National League MVP, and slammed 660 homeruns to rank 6th on the all-time list.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>--------SOT------</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Willie Mays Speech - YouTube</p>\n<p>When I got the first hit off of Warren Spahn, NY was like my family, they embraced me like my mother and dad says. And my dad says when you go to NY if they slap you, then you turn the other cheek because if you don’t they’re going to shoot you (:25)</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>----------TRACK 2------------</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays was as dominant in the field, as he was at the plate, winning 12 Gold Gloves. In game one of the 1954 World Series, his over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' fly ball was considered the key point in the Giants' shocking sweep of the Indians, and has gone down in history as one of the game's most memorable catches.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>---------SOT----------</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Rolling Thru the Years - National Baseball Hall of Fame</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Willie Mays - Rolling Through The Reels - YouTube</p>\n<p>People talk about the catch and I don’t understand why because I did many things besides catch a ball but when you find something like that in a World series….they have to pick a highlight and they picked I guess that one for the highlight. (:16)</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>---------TRACK 3--------------</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 1958, baseball's landscape changed dramatically as the Dodgers moved west to Los Angeles and the Giants landed in San Francisco. A new home meant the same outstanding play from Mays who had a career-high .347 batting average in his first season out west. Four years later Mays' 49 homers and 141 RBIs helped the Giants return to the World Series, where they lost a 7-game thriller to the Yankees. During the 1972 season, the 41-year-old was dealt back to New York to play for the Mets. In what became the last at bat of his career, Mays hit a game-winning single in the 12th inning of Game 2 of the 1973 World Series, putting an exclamation point on a one-of-a-kind career. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>But perhaps even greater than his performance on the field, was the legacy he left off it. Playing his first major league game just four years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color-barrier, Mays helped to carry the torch for future black baseball players and athletes, and he inspired his community for generations to come. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>----------SOT----------</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Source: The Obama White House </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Obama on Mays</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>"A few years ago, Willie rode with me on Air Force One. I told him then what I'll tell all of you now -- it's because of giants like Willie that someone like me could even think about running for President. (applause)"</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--MUSIC INFO---</b></p>\n<p></p>

Pan across crowd at Wrigley Field during the third game of the World Series / CU New York Yankees player Babe Ruth talking to reporter before game / CU Yankee Lou Gehrig holding bat

These are clips from major league baseball games in the mid 1920s. President Calvin Coolidge throws out ceremonial first pitch before a Washington Senators baseball game under the watchful eye of team manager Bucky Harris. (Game is either a Senators home opener or a World Series game.) Views of crowd of fans, mostly men all wearing hats, but some women also, cheering in the stadium. In a different game, likely in New York, Babe Ruth hits a home run and tips his cap to a wildly cheering crowd. Location: United States USA. Date: 1924.

OC 750 SILENT E ROLL CONTINUATION OF FTG OF WORLD SERIES GAME 2 / BALTIMORE ORIOLES VERSUS NEW YORK METS. GROUND LEVEL SLOW MOTION OF ORIOLES AND METS PITCHERS IN ACTION. MS JOE DIMAGGIO. MS JERRY KOOSMAN PITCHES. SLOW MOTION OF GAME. VS ED CHARLES PLAYING THIRD BASE. VS PEOPLE AT BASEBALL GAME. MS TED WILLIAMS, MRS BABE RUTH, COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL BOWIE KUHN AND DIMAGGIO. VS MRS RUTH THROWS FIRST BALL OF GAME.

WOMAN FINDS BABE RUTH SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BASEBALL FROM 1923 AFTER RUTH'S FIRST HOMERUN IN yANKEE STADIUM. BASEBALL TO BE AUCTIONED OFF AT ALL STAR CAFE.

Narration incorrectly identifies footage as Babe Ruth's mythic called shot home run during the 1932 World Series, though it's actually generic home run footage. An insert shot of fingers pointing is followed by the Babe hitting a homer. The crowd goes wild as Babe circles the base

New York teams compete in 1921 World Series

BABE RUTH/YANKEE-DODGERS WORLD SERIES/WWII

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown<br/><br/>United States of America. American Voiceover.<br/><br/>Shots of American baseball legend Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth) hitting a home run and running around the bases during a World Series match. He is playing for the New York Yankees. Quick cut away to show the packed stadium.<br/><br/>Amendment March 2011:<br/>This is October 8th, 1927, Yankee Stadium. The final game of the series.

b&w - w/ sound - story of Babe Ruth - w/s 1925 World Series game at Yankee Stadium - full stadium - crowds - c/u Ruth swings at bat & misses ball - career of Babe Ruth declining during 1930 to 32 - scenes of Babe missing hits during a game and being overweight - Babe Ruth exercising stationary bike - works out - w/ trainer - different years and different number of his home runs - c/u pitcher Herb Penna - c/u first baseman Lou Gehrig - Miller Huggins - news headline of his death in 1929 - c/u Colonel Rupert & Babe Ruth sign another contract - train to Chicago 1932 - c/u movpov train tracks - h/a down to Chicago skyline - train station - train pulls in - c/u angry Chicago baseball fans - w/s crowded stadium - h/a down to exterior Wrigley Field - home of Chicago Cubs - good crowd shots - fans stand up and face left - c/u Ruth - c/u hand points right - Ruth makes home run at World Series

25 Yrs Ago - 1936 World Series

JOHN BERMAN CS VO ON BASEBALL TEAM THE BOSTON RED SOX BEING THE 2004 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (MLB) WORLD CHAMPIONS AND OVERCOMING THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO THAT STARTED IN 1920, WHEN THE RED SOX SOLD BABE RUTH TO THE YANKEES

Chicago Cubs pitcher Guy Bush on mound during Game 4 of the World Series / New York Yankees player Lou Gehrig hits a double / SOT vendor in stands "get 'em while they're hot, now" / WS game play as Cubs' Frank Demaree hits home run, rounds bases, drives in 2 other runs / pan fans in stands cheer / Yankees' Babe Ruth hits a single / WS Cubs' Riggs Stephenson hits fly ball for third out as game and Series end / crowd cheers in stands

Highlights of 1921 World Series, Game 2

Full title reads: "Baseball Classic In New York". <br/> <br/>Yankee Stadium, New York, United States of America (USA). <br/> <br/>VS of 1937 World Series opening game between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants. CU Judge Landis 'Baseball Czar'. CU Former President Herbert Hoover. CU former baseball star Babe Ruth, signing autograph on baseball. CU two opening pitchers Carl Hubble (Giants) and 'Lefty' Gomez (Yankees). VS of the game - several of the players are named including Joe DiMaggio. The Yankees win. <br/> <br/>N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. May be missing item from 37/84, possibly in the Dublin issue.

THE LITTLEST EXPERT

Baseball newsreel says "Yankees' Submerge Cubs' Pennant Hopes" but footage is of game 2 of 1932 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Wide shots of 50,000 in crowd. Shot of Cubs' Billy Herman leading off game with double. Shot of Yankee pitcher Lefty Gomez throwing. Shots of Cubs Kiki Cuyler reaching first on error and Riggs Stephenson hitting fly ball to score Herman from third base. Shots of Cubs' pitcher Lon Warneke walking Earle Combs in bottom of 1st inning. Closeup of Yankees' Babe Ruth in dugout. Warneke walks Joe Sewell, strikes out Ruth, gives up run-scoring single to Lou Gehrig. Shots of Cubs' Riggs Stephenson hitting double in top of 3rd, scoring on single by Frank Demaree. Shots from Yankees in bottom of third: Ruth walks, goes to second on single by Gehrig; minutes later, Ruth runs home on base hit, followed by Gehrig, who slides into home plate. Shots of Yankee stadium from outfield stands. At end of game, won by Yankees 5-2, fans cross field to exit stadium. Location: New York United States USA. Date: September 29, 1932.

FOURTH GAME OF 1926 WORLD SERIES, YANKEES AGAINST ST. LOUIS, BABE RUTH SWINGS

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Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN. &lt;/pi&gt;\n\n --SUPERS--\n:05-:11\nJohn Paul Stevens\nRetired Supreme Court Justice\n\n --LEAD IN--\nONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING SUPREME COURT JUSTICES REFLECTS ON HIS LIFE ON THE BENCH IN A NEW MEMOIR. \nAT 99 YEARS OLD, RETIRED JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS HAS SEEN PLENTY AND IS STILL WEIGHING IN ON MATTERS CONCERNING THE COURT AND POLITICS. \nC-N-N'S JOHN BERMAN TALKS TO HIM ABOUT THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE COURT. \n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nJohn Berman/CNN\n"What do you think your legacy is?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Well I don't know, I really like more people to think I was right on the important decisions than think right now." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"You want more people to come around to your views eventually. I think that's what we all want in life."\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Very nice." \nRETIRED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS IS REFLECTING ON LIFE A LOT THESE DAYS. \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"First of all Happy birthday. I understand we just missed your 99th birthday. Happy birthday." \nTHE THIRD LONGEST SERVING JUSTICE IN THE HIGH COURT'S HISTORY. \nHE TURNED 99 JUST LAST MONTH AND DISCUSSES JUST ABOUT EACH OF THOSE YEARS IN HIS NEW MEMOIR, "THE MAKING OF A JUSTICE." \nHE RECOUNTS GROWING UP A CHILD OF PRIVILEGE IN CHICAGO, PERSONALLY WITNESSING BABE "RUTH'S FAMOUS CALLED SHOT IN THE 1932 WORLD SERIES, SERVING IN WORLD WAR TWO. \nBUT MOST OF ALL, HIS TIME ON THE HIGH COURT. \nAPPOINTED BY REPUBLICAN GERALD FORD, HE QUICKLY FOUND HIMSELF IN THE MINORITY ON MANY LANDMARK DECISIONS WITH THE COURT'S RIGHTWARD DRIFT. \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"Do you think about the fact that in some ways your dissents may have had more impact or you might be better known for your dissents than your decisions?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Well, apparently that's true. But I wish it weren't. I'd much rather my dissents had spoken for the majority." \nHE FEELS THAT MOST STRONGLY ON ISSUES SURROUNDING GUNS. \nIN THE 2008 HELLER DECISION WHICH RECOGNIZED AN INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Is really as a matter of history and as a matter of what the court should do with the settled law. It was just a really atrocious decision." \nAND ALSO THE CASE THAT DECIDED AN ELECTION BUSH V. GORE. \nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Ever since then, I think the court has been adversely affected by that case." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"How, exactly?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"People thinking of the court of law a political institution than it really is." \nTHAT HAS BEEN A THEME FOR STEVENS IN HIS RETIREMENT. \nHE SPARKED CONTROVERSY LAST YEAR WHEN HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST IT THEN SUPREME COURT NOMINEE BRETT KAVANAUGH, WHOM HE FELT WAS TOO POLITICAL IN HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING. \nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"He has demonstrated a potential bias involving enough potential litigants before the court that he would not be able to perform his full responsibilities." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"You caused quite a stir last year." \nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Which is unfortunate because he's really a good judge."\nJohn Berman/CNN \n"Judge Kavanaugh?" \nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Yes." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"Do you think he's doing a good job as Justice?" \nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Yes." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"Do you regret, then saying during the confirmation hearings that you didn't think he should be confirmed?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Perhaps I shouldn't have said what I did, but I think his decisions will determine how good a judge he'll be." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"So, to be continued?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Yes." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"What's your view of President Trump in regards to the courts?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Well, I would not made the appointments he's made, but I think he's he's getting advice from people who are knowledgeable about judges. And I hope he wont do too much damage."\nJohn Berman/CNN \n"Do you think he understands the role of the judiciary in the country?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"No."\nJohn Berman/CNN\n"Why not?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Well, I think he often speaks about them as Obama judges and other kind of judges. But I think John Roberts was dead right when he said there were only one candidate judges and they're all working for the federal government."\nJohn Berman/CNN\n"Are you still a Republican?" \nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"I can say I do not expect to vote for the Republican candidate for President in the next election. I don't know whether I'm a member of the party or I'm not. I'm not active politically." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"Has the party changed from when you were more active politically?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n'"Well yes. everything's changed since then." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"You're hearing some Democrats talk about court packing again -- putting more justices than the nine. What's your view on that?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"I don't think we should do that. I think in time the court will straighten itself out. It may take longer, but I don't think the answer is increasing the number of Justices." \nSTEVENS STEPPED DOWN FROM THE COURT IN 2010 WHEN A MINI STROKE AFFECTED HIS SPEECH WHILE READING FROM THE BENCH. \nHE DISCUSSES THE DIFFICULT RETIREMENT DECISION ALL JUSTICES FACE.\nJohn Berman/CNN\n"Justice Ginsburg is 86 and there's a lot of pressure on her from people in the Democratic Party and the left who desperately don't want her retire while there is a Republican in the White House."\n John Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Well I think that's right. And I think she's really in better health than people generally assume because she survived both the cancer and similar episodes some years ago. Apparently she has a trainer too."\nJohn Berman/CNN \n"Well I saw. Have you seen the movie? She's a big time movie star now." \nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Yes." \nAS FOR STEVENS HIMSELF, HOW DOES HE STAY SO SPRY AT 99?\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Well I don't play tennis anymore. I play ping pong." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"You play ping pong still?"\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Yes." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"Are you good?\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n"Yes." \nJohn Berman/CNN\n"And modest also."\nJohn Paul Stevens/Retired Supreme Court Justice\n "Yes. No, I really am pretty good. I'll be honest about that."\n --TAG--\nSTEVENS BOOK -- "THE MAKING OF A JUSTICE" -- IS OUT NOW. \n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nSUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS LEGAL\n\n

Yankee Stadium full of fans before the 1947 World Series. Babe Ruth is amongst the crowd watching the game.

THOUSANDS OF ANAHEIM ANGELS FANS LINE UP TO PURCHASE WORLD SERIES TICKETS.

VINTAGE BASEBALL TAPE 2 (HANK GREENBERG, BABE RUTH, 1948 WORLD SERIES, 1930S ALL STARS