The game was televised nationally on NBC’s Saturday Game of the Week. Bob Costas hadn’t joined the broadcast crew by then but recalls being mesmerized with Mays’ athleticism as the play unfolded. “I remember thinking, ‘Wait a minute. This guy was thirty-eight, thirty-nine years old,’” Costas said. “It’s not as storied as the World Series catch, but it was just a phenomenal play.”
