SAN FRANCISCO – The Say Hey Kid is as popular as ever.

The San Francisco Giants honored Willie Mays on his 80th birthday Friday night with a ceremony befitting a baseball legend, complete with a celebratory letter from President Barack Obama and a video tribute that included everyone from Commissioner Bud Selig to singer Tony Bennett.

Mays was driven on a golf cart from center field to the mound and received a roaring standing ovation from a sellout crowd of more than 42,000 at AT&T Park. At one point during the montage, Mays was wiping his face and pulling down his old Giants cap.

“I’m just so happy,’” said Mays, wearing a black coat over a sharp gray suit, white shirt and orange tie on a chilly night by the bay. “When you have people like you guys to come out and cheer for me, it’s just a wonderful, wonderful feeling.”

The video shown on the center-field scoreboard before the Giants rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 in the opener of a three-game series highlighted the Hall of Famer’s career. It also included birthday wishes from Hank Aaron, Bill Cosby and former President Bill Clinton.

Home Run King Barry Bonds, the godson of Mays, had a seperate video played after the fifth inning thanking Mays for his guidance over the years. Bonds, fresh off a federal perjury trial in which a jury convicted him on one count of obstruction of justice, said it has been “an honor for me and my family to be a part of your life.”