{"id":305746,"date":"2026-05-08T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305746\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:30:27","slug":"willie-mays-highway-from-bay-bridge-to-oracle-park-named-for-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305746\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Mays Highway, from Bay Bridge to Oracle Park, named for legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motorists driving from the East Bay to 24 Willie Mays Plaza, which is Oracle Park, will now do so on Willie Mays<\/a> Highway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the late Hall of Famer\u2019s birthday, the San Francisco Giants<\/a> and the Say Hey Foundation, along with several state senators, announced that a roughly 2-mile stretch of Interstate 80 from Treasure Island to Oracle Park is now named in honor of Mays, with signage already installed.<\/p>\n

The same stretch is also named for former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown; the designation will be shared.<\/p>\n

In a news release, Giants president and CEO Larry Baer said, \u201cWhat an incredibly special way to honor Willie\u2019s legacy. For generations, this portion of I-80 on the Bay Bridge has carried Giants fans into San Francisco, and now it will forever carry Willie\u2019s name\u00a0\u2014 a lasting reminder of the joy and inspiration he brought to this city.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Sens. Bill Dodd and Scott Wiener authored the legislation for the name change, and Wiener said in the Giants\u2019 release, \u201cWillie Mays was a San Francisco original. A peerless talent and unforgettable presence on the field, he dedicated untold hours to serving his community and empowering young people from humble beginnings to play sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe broke barriers as one of the first black players in Major League Baseball, empowering generations of athletes to follow their dreams. It\u2019s only right that we honor him and the Say Hey Foundation publicly, in the community he loved, and I\u2019m thrilled to present this resolution to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Injury updates: The Giants had a busy medical update Wednesday, with, among other developments, second baseman Luis Arraez missing a second start in a row with left thumb soreness. Manager Tony Vitello said that ideally, combined with Thursday\u2019s off day,\u00a0Arraez will be ready to go Friday against the Pirates.<\/p>\n

Reliever Erik Miller (back) said he will throw a bullpen session Thursday and make a rehab appearance with Triple-A Sacramento on Sunday if all goes well, then another with Class-A San Jose next week. He believes he\u2019ll be ready to come off the injured list when eligible May 16.<\/p>\n

Several others on the IL are nearing their returns, including catcher Daniel Susac (elbow), reliever Sam Hentges (shoulder-capsule surgery) and outfielder Harrison Bader. Bader played five innings in center and was 1-for-3 with a strikeout at Sacramento on Tuesday, while Hentges worked 1\u2153 scoreless innings for the River Cats. He\u2019s given up two runs in nine innings, struck out four and walked two. Barring any setback, Hentges\u2019 rehab assignment maxes out Sunday (30 days).<\/p>\n

Vitello did not voice concerns about Logan Webb\u2019s left knee soreness, which necessitated a shorter outing than anticipated in Tuesday\u2019s 10-5 loss to\u00a0the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists driving from the East Bay to 24 Willie Mays Plaza, which is Oracle Park, will now do…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,4820,103,102,104,106,105,127951],"class_list":["post-305746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-willie-mays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}