Still watches as many games as he can, with his head 24" from the screen. When I ask him about all of the embarrassing grass diving he just mutters that the South Americans brought it to the game and ruined the sport. 
Speaking of parents/grandparents and sports...my grandparents on my dads side were pure Dago from Bayonne NJ...growing up there and then you were a Yankee you WERE Yankee fan

{That's where my rooting interest came from} die hard Joe D fans.
...but I never found out till much later that were at the stadium for Lou Gehrig's retirement speech.