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  1.                                 he would greet his team-
  2.                                 mates with ΓÇ£Say hey,"
  3.                                 Willie was not only
  4.                                 spectacular at the plate
  5.                                 and in the field, but also 
  6. on the bases. He won four straight stolen-
  7. base titles, from 1956 to 1959. Willie loved
  8. playing in New York City and became a folk
  9. hero in the streets of Harlem, a neighbor-
  10. hood in the borough of Manhattan. He often
  11. visited the neighborhood to play stickball in
  12. the streets with the kids. When the Giants
  13. moved to San Francisco in 1958, WillieΓÇÖs
  14. fans were heartbroken.
  15.  
  16. In the outfield, Willie could make the hard-
  17. est plays look easy. His famous ΓÇ£basket
  18. catch," in which he caught a ball at his 
  19. waist with his glove turned up and 
  20.  
  21.