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To: JohnLongIsland

Hope they have a tribute at Fenway tonight. [And then kill the Yankees on the playoffs.] Scooter was one class guy.


12 posted on 08/14/2007 10:27:27 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
...Among the highest compliments paid Rizzuto came from [Ted] Williams, who frequently said the Boston Red Sox might have been in all those World Series had Rizzuto been on their side. As a member of the Hall's Veterans Committee, Williams lobbied hard for Rizzuto's enshrinement in Cooperstown, N.Y., which became reality in 1994. Rizzuto had been the oldest living Hall of Famer. That distinction now belongs to former American League president Lee MacPhail, with former second baseman Bobby Doerr the oldest living Hall of Fame player...
there's no better baseball than a yankees - red sox series

13 posted on 08/14/2007 10:36:16 AM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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