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Willie Mays

In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing.

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When Willie Mays joined the Giants in 1950, he used his signing bonus to buy a car even though he didn’t know how to drive yet. The car became something everyone who could drive shared and used together, creating a sense of community among them.

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