Willie Mays wanted to buy a house on Miraloma Drive, next to St. Francis Wood, which was an exclusive community in the western hills of the city.

President Barack Obama, left, talks baseball great Willie Mays aboard Air Force One en route to the MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis, July 14, 2009. The White House/Pete Souza/Associated Press Mays ...

Micheal Mays had already swashed through the overgrowth — Indiana Jones-like — that blocks the house in Fairfield where young Willie Mays once lived from view.

FILE - Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, left, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 ...