Every year, the Giants go to great lengths to make sure past winners are at AT&T Park for the Willie Mac Award ceremony. Some of the acceptance speeches can get long, but the namesake of the award was always quick. Willie McCovey would announce the winner, and then he would move out of the way, letting the spotlight shine on a current Giant.After the ceremony, though, there was often another speech. A private one. Couple Died in Yosemite While Taking Selfie: Brother "He didn't like to give big speeches, but away from the mic, he would come up and say, 'I'm really proud of you' and he would go, 'I voted for you,'" Mike Krukow said Wednesday. "He may have said the same thing to every Willie Mac Award winner, but I believed him. He was just a wonderful presence in our lives every day."McCovey passed away Wednesday afternoon at the age of 80. He will be rightly remembered for a Hall-of-Fame career that included 521 home runs, but the Giants have always honored him just as much for the way he went about his business. The Willie Mac Award is given to the team's most inspirational player and voted on by players, coaches, clubhouse staff and McCovey. It's extremely meaningful to...