'Moonlight' Graham played 1 inning in the Major Leagues but became a legend anyway A.W. "Moonlight" Graham's baseball card. (Courtesy of Doc Graham Memorial Scholarship Fund) NEW YORK - The drafting of former New York football Giants quarterback Eli Manning may seem an odd place to start a story about baseball lore but the man at the helm of the organization on that day the football Giants swapped selections with the Chargers to bring a 23-year-old out of Ole Miss who'd go on to win a couple of rings and two Super Bowl MVPs to New York, four decades earlier chanced upon a spirit of New York baseball Giants past.