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[QUOTE="cto, post: 1065908, member: 412"]
My father is the reason I became such a sports fan.   He was a huge NY Giants baseball fan who got "player complimentary" tickets from Sal Yvars,  one of his fishing  buddies who was the Giants back-up catcher.   Neither my mother nor my younger brother had much interest in attending games at the old Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan, so I was the one who always went with my Dad.    He taught me how to keep score like a pro when I was about 7,  and I still can't go to a baseball game without keeping score.   My lifelong interest in sports began during those sunny afternoons at the old Polo Grounds with my Dad.   He died way too young when I was in my 20's,  and I still miss him every day.

My father was way ahead of his time in terms of his thinking.  He was a cop who never graduated from high school, but he never treated me "differently"  because I was a girl (such as taking me to all those baseball games).  He believed I could do anything I wanted to do...  and he always encouraged me to go out and do it.  Sadly, he died way before he could share my professional success...all of which I have always  attributed to him and his encouragement.
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