Baseball is the common language of the Muscat family. Specifically, San Francisco Giants baseball.
My Nannu—grandfather in Maltese—moved from Detroit to San Francisco when he saw Willie Mays chasing flyballs all over Seal Park. My father endured the Giants of the late 70’s and early 80’s with such focused loyalty he is still proud of the ’89 and ’02 World Series defeats. My office desk is adorned with a photo of my dad teaching me how to throw a baseball at the age of three, wearing Giants hats. My most used Twitter hashtag is #BeatLA, followed by #SFGiants.