Johnny Bench recalls hilarious instance of Willie Mays trying to steal his signs: 'You got me!'

Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench recalls Willie Mays trying to steal signs in an interview on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich."

Willie Mays was one of the greatest baseball players of all time, but even he tried his damnedest to get any advantage he could.

The Hall of Famer died earlier this week at the age of 93, over 50 years after his illustrious career ended.

Tributes have poured in since then, and one of Mays' fellow Hall of Fame opponents, Johnny Bench, remembered the New York and San Francisco Giants legend on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich."

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San Francisco Giants centerfielder Willie Mays, left, is tagged out here at home plate by Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench in the 3rd inning. (Getty Images)

"Willie was just absolutely the best. He came up to home plate and had that swagger," Bench recalled. "He'd swing that bat back and forth, his head would go back."

However, those head movements were apparently in an effort to know what pitch was coming, says Bench.

"Well, he had this thing, he'd want to steal signs," Bench said. "His first base coach was Peanuts Lowrey, and Peanuts would look around out of the coaching box, trying to see the catcher giving him signs. If he called a curveball or a fastball, supposedly, if Willie hit a home run, Peanuts got a new suit. 

"So I'm back there catching, and Willie is swing back and forth, his head's going back, and I'm just squatting back there. And he does this about seven or eight times. Finally, he steps out of the box and said ‘you gonna call a pitch or what?’ I said ‘yeah, as soon as you quit looking back here.’ He was trying to look back and steal my signs, ‘oh man, you got me! You got me!'"

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