Posted on 08/14/2007 3:52:58 PM PDT by joeystoy
About 25 or 30 years ago I stopped in at the legendary NYC pizza joint, Pizza City, on my way to visit Mom and Dad. Inside, I discovered lights, a camera crew and Yankee great Phil Rizzuto filming a TV commercial. Phil was about 60 at the time and still looked as if he could step out onto the field and play shortstop.
When he got to the punch line he went into a pantomime baseball swing and then flashed that great Rizzuto smile straight into the camera.
As he took his phantom swing I noticed his biceps and forearms, muscles rippling.
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Oh NO! When did this happen?
Prayers for his loved ones, and, heck, for all Yankee fans.
Jeff... I love my Mets...
AND I HATE THE YANKEES. Always have. Always will.
But I loved and admired the Scooter.
Rizzuto couldn’t find it in himself to hate the Long Island Metropolitans.
After we mourn for Scooter, we can better explore those terrific Bomber teams. Sure, even then they bought championships, but they were, and still are, a first-class organization.
We can fight in a few days about this. [Mariner Fan, Red Sox Hater]
So long, for now, Scooter. I’ll always remember you with Bill White on WPIX (channel 11) in he late 70s and into the 80s. And for having TWO Hall-of-Fame careers—in the sport and in the booth. How many people can say that about themselves?
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