Saturday, March 10, 2012

Phil Rizzuto


Wikipedia - "Philip Francis Rizzuto (September 25, 1917 – August 13, 2007), nicknamed 'The Scooter', was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He spent his entire 13-year baseball career for the New York Yankees (1941–1956). Rizzuto was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. ... Ted Williams once claimed that his Red Sox would have won most of the Yankees' 1940s and 1950s pennants if they had had Rizzuto at shortstop, but Rizzuto himself was more modest: 'My stats don't shout. They kind of whisper.' After his playing career, Rizzuto enjoyed a 40-year career as a radio and television sports announcer for the Yankees. His idiosyncratic style and unpredictable digressions charmed listeners, while his lively play-by-play brought a distinct energy to his broadcasts. He was well known for his trademark expression, 'Holy Cow!'."
Wikipedia, Baseball Reference
amazon: O Holy Cow!, O Holy Cow! : The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto, Scooter: The Biography of Phil Rizzuto
Legends Look: Phil Rizzuto, #10
YouTube: Phil Rizzuto Yankees/Red Sox intro 1978, Roger Maris Hits Home Run #61

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