The family legend was that we visited New York City when I was a fat little kid. Included in this tale was that my mother and older brother were injured to a degree in an accident caused by a risk-taking cab driver.
There also was photographic evidence of my father being in the company of Jack Dempsey at the boxing champion's restaurant in Manhattan.
Must have been quite an adventure for this family unit from Fulda, Minn., although being granted the Twins beat for the St. Paul newspapers 25 years later, in 1974, was my first true look at this amazing megalopolis.