CNN —When people ask me how good of a player Willie Mays was, I give them a perhaps odd answer.
You see, my Father watched Mays play when he came up as a rookie for the New York Giants in 1951.
That short splice of film is our version of getting to see Mays play.
Mays is a big reason why my Father was one of the few people who wore a New York Giants baseball cap throughout his later years.
It’s a connection I try to carry on to this day whether it’s by wearing a New York Giants baseball hat on television or by answering “the New York Giants” when asked what baseball team I root for.
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