Maybe the Mets connection is it. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm glad he's popular since he is my favorite player, but just to note my subconscious attitude toward him in a NY uniform, today I won Chuck's Bingo Baseball and Mays in a Mets uniform was an option I could have chosen as a prize, but I didn't pick that particular card because he wasn't shown as a Giant.
So maybe there's just psychological matters involved here that I don't wish to admit to while pursuing this particular card, whereas I didn't have issues giving up cards for those other HOFers with whom I wasn't that attached to as I was (am) with Mays. It seems like I should be one to pay whatever the cost for anything Mays. And I probably would ... were he in Giants gear.
“Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs.” - Puddleglum in The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis