Once the Wire ended, my cable envy faded. But I hear about interviews like this and I do wish I had HBO.

During a game in Hagerstown, Md., Mays said he was taunted but felt he could not retaliate.

“The first night, I hit two home runs and a triple,” he said. “Next night, I hit two home runs and a double. On the loudspeaker, now, this was the loudspeaker, they say, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, we know you don’t like that kid playing center field, but please do not bother him again, because he’s killing us.’ But that was a way of getting back in my mind.”