Willie Mays and… Bernie Mac?

Yes, its comedian Bernie Mac (left) joining baseball great Willie Mays at the Los Angeles premiere of the movie Mr. 3000. This was at the El Capitan Theater on September 8, 2004. Mac played an egotistical baseball player who returns to the game at age 47 to get his 3000th hit. Willie Mays, meanwhile, had 3283 hits in his major league career, which lasted from 1951 to 1983.