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YANKEE LEGEND PHIL RIZZUTO DIES AT AGE 89
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Posted on 08/14/2007 8:08:15 AM PDT by uxbridge
Just a headline yet
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: doomedtochat; holycow; mlb; nyyankees; obituary; philrizzuto; rizzuto; thescooter
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:08:18 AM PDT
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uxbridge
To: uxbridge
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:09:05 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: uxbridge
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:09:42 AM PDT
by
meandog
(Romney and Giuliani: Just like Bill Clinton, lying draft-dodgers!)
To: uxbridge
Holy Cow...well, I’m a Red Sox fan, but I say RIP...
and we do remember and enjoy his contribution to Paradise
by the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf. “Here’s the throw!
Here’s the play at the plate! Holy Cow I think he’s gonna make it...”
To: uxbridge
Here’s a generation gap...
I knew him best as a shill for The Money Store. Wasn’t until years later that I found out he was a baseball player.
RIP Phil.
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:11:58 AM PDT
by
Hoodlum91
(I support global warming.)
To: uxbridge
Huckelberry, home safe at last.
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:12:22 AM PDT
by
ex-snook
("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: uxbridge
As a Red Sox fan who once was stranded in NYC for 7 years (a job), I came to respect the
Voice of the Yankees.
He was the core fabric that makes baseball fun for a fan.
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:12:44 AM PDT
by
llevrok
(I voted for George Bush - not Jorge Arbusto.)
To: uxbridge
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:12:48 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: uxbridge
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:13:29 AM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
To: uxbridge
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:13:49 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(Able Danger??? What's an Able Danger???)
To: uxbridge
RIP!
Lots of memories he gave us.
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:14:05 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: uxbridge
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:15:12 AM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: uxbridge
Phil and Bill White were a terrific team of announcers for Yankee games. Sad news.
To: raccoonradio
I was thinking the same exact thing. I’m also a Sox fan, but for the three years I lived in Manhattan (all those years ago) I really enjoyed listening to him call Yankee games; he had a great on-air repartee with Bill White (later the NL President). Scooter was one of the last players from those great post-WWII teams, and a pretty good little shortstop. RIP.
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:17:15 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(There are two kinds of people: those who get it, and those who need to.)
To: All
I was at the Stadium on the day they retired the Scooter's #10 uniform. They brought out a cow to surprise him, and it knocked him over. Funny stuff.
Rest in Peace, Scooter. You were a great ballplayer and a nice man.
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:18:25 AM PDT
by
BushMeister
("We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around." --Ronald Reagan)
To: uxbridge
...sad day in pinstripe land, always a gentleman.
I used to get a kick out of his rocket departures from the announcers booth at Yankee stadium if there was any sign of lightning.....*grins*. Safe at Home Scooter!!
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:22:41 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: andy58-in-nh
Scooter was one of the last players from those great post-WWII teams, and a pretty good little shortstop
Really a throwback to a different era when major league baseball players were regular guys...regular sized (Rizzuto was 5' 6" and 160 pounds)...with regular paychecks...living in regular neighborhoods among their fans. Heck...Rizzuto, like many players of the same era, lost several good playing years serving in WWII
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:22:58 AM PDT
by
uxbridge
To: raccoonradio
He was released by the Yankees on August 25, 1956. Rizzuto often talked about the unusual circumstances of his release. Late in the 1956 season, the Yankees acquired Enos Slaughter, and asked Rizzuto to meet with the front office to discuss adjustments to the upcoming postseason roster. They then asked Rizzuto to look over the list of Yankee players and suggest which ones might be cut to make room for Slaughter. For each name Rizzuto mentioned, a reason was given as to why that player needed to be kept. Finally, Rizzuto realized that the expendable name was his own.
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:23:27 AM PDT
by
johnny7
("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
To: uxbridge
Grew up listening to Phil. Loved the restaurant and golf course recommendations in between (sometimes during) the play-by-play. People forget he was also a very good ballplayer in his day. God rest his soul...
To: uxbridge
Phil's Career G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS
1941-56 1661 5816 877 1588 239 62 38 563 651 398 .273 .351 .355 149 58
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posted on
08/14/2007 8:27:17 AM PDT
by
meandog
(Romney and Giuliani: Just like Bill Clinton, lying draft-dodgers!)
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