RIP: Phil Rizzuto
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Thats a sad one, he seemed like a genuine guy and a true fan of the sport.
Of course when ever I think of Phil, the first thing I always think of his "Money Store" ads.
RIP Phil
Of course when ever I think of Phil, the first thing I always think of his "Money Store" ads.
RIP Phil
Holy Cow!
RIP Phil Rizzuto. Your play by play on WPIX was a big part of my childhood.
Hope he is buried in pinstripes.
RIP Phil Rizzuto. Your play by play on WPIX was a big part of my childhood.
Hope he is buried in pinstripes.
I remember Phil Rizzuto from when I was growing up. The MoneyStore ads, and the Yankees broadcasts. I was a Mets fan when in NY, but he was good as well.
reminds us of the mortality of us all.
RIP Phil.
reminds us of the mortality of us all.
RIP Phil.
absolutely. he was one of the true yankee greats and a pretty darn good ball player in his day. rest in peace, scooter!!
Scooter was always entertaining. He brought a lot of radio to the tv game, he never left the viewer with dead-air like some of today's mlb broadcast teams do. I loved when he did games.
I recall watching a world series in the late-70's, Joe Garagiola was doing the game (I think with Vin Scully). I don't recall which network. Garagiola took some cheap-shots at the Scooter, poking-fun at how he would score an inning, presumably b/c Scooter didn't score defense by position. To do that to Scooter on national TV... he must have been the kind of person who would stick his foot out to trip his elderly grandmother.
I always hated Garagiola after that.
It says a lot that his most bitter rivals never had a bad word to say about him. There was always bad-blood between the Dodgers and Yankees, and of course Red Sox and Yankees. Yet Pee Wee Reese always gushed over Phil. And Ted Williams' Old Timers' committed campaign is about the only way he got into the HOF, something he richly-deserved. That stuff goes beyond play on-the-field.
RIP, Scooter, you will be missed.
I recall watching a world series in the late-70's, Joe Garagiola was doing the game (I think with Vin Scully). I don't recall which network. Garagiola took some cheap-shots at the Scooter, poking-fun at how he would score an inning, presumably b/c Scooter didn't score defense by position. To do that to Scooter on national TV... he must have been the kind of person who would stick his foot out to trip his elderly grandmother.
I always hated Garagiola after that.
It says a lot that his most bitter rivals never had a bad word to say about him. There was always bad-blood between the Dodgers and Yankees, and of course Red Sox and Yankees. Yet Pee Wee Reese always gushed over Phil. And Ted Williams' Old Timers' committed campaign is about the only way he got into the HOF, something he richly-deserved. That stuff goes beyond play on-the-field.
RIP, Scooter, you will be missed.
