1 of 5 | In this file photo, Hall of Fame San Francisco Giants player Willie Mays doffs his cap during a ceremony to retire Giant Barry Bonds’ number 25 in San Francisco in 2018. Mays died Wednesday at age of 93. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo
In 1959, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev visited San Francisco and members of the International Longshoreman’s Union greeted him with cheers, newspaperman Frank Coniff quipped: