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Article: The greatest living player . . . Willie Mays.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- May 15, 2004
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Byline: Phil Rogers
CHICAGO _ Country music has had better songs but none truer than Hank Williams Jr.'s "Family Tradition."
In it, the son of the legendary Hank Williams sings, "If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family tradition."
Expanding the boundaries of family, as Bobby Bonds did when he linked San Francisco Giants teammate Willie Mays with his infant son, brings us to one of those sports arguments that doesn't really have a correct answer:
Who's the greatest living ballplayer, 73-year-old Willie Mays or his godson, Barry Bonds, who is carrying on his family tradition?
Others should come into the debate ...