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Rest in PeacePhil Rizzuto9/25/1917 - 8/14/2007He was the voice of Baseball for me asI grew up in NYC in the 70' and 80's."Holy cow, Bill White, look at the size of that mosquito!"
__________________ "Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll pee on em
Thats what the statue of bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses, lets club em to death
And get it over with and just dump em on the boulevard"
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Godspeed to the Scooter - a great player and broadcaster. I too grew up with Scotter, Bill White and Frank Messer as the soundtrack for baseball. As a broadcaster Scooter was always looking for ways to leave early to beat the traffic across the bridge and terrified of lightning. A sad day for baseball fans everywhere............
I feel cheated because everyone on the radio and tv are talking about their wonderful experiences with the scooter, but my only experience with him wasn't a good one, but one I've rememberd my whole life. I was 6 or 7 years old, at my first baseball game, and my uncle wanted it to be special so we got there early to see batting practice and walk around the old Yankee Stadium. This was '58 or '59. Batting practice was over and we were walking near the old broadcast booth, which was just a few steps up from the main walkway, and my uncle asked a man coming out of the booth if we could ask for autograph and he said " sure, go right up". When I asked "Mr. Rizzuto" for his autograph he said," get outta here kid". Standing next to him was Mel Allen, who I consider the voice of major league baseball and he said, "come here, I'll sign your program". I thanked him and we left the steps. I don't remember who won the game or even who the Yanks played that day, but I'll never forget how nice Mel Allen was or how Mr. Rizzuto made me feel that day. You can keep the scooter.
I feel cheated because everyone on the radio and tv are talking about their wonderful experiences with the scooter, but my only experience with him wasn't a good one, but one I've rememberd my whole life. I was 6 or 7 years old, at my first baseball game, and my uncle wanted it to be special so we got there early to see batting practice and walk around the old Yankee Stadium. This was '58 or '59. Batting practice was over and we were walking near the old broadcast booth, which was just a few steps up from the main walkway, and my uncle asked a man coming out of the booth if we could ask for autograph and he said " sure, go right up". When I asked "Mr. Rizzuto" for his autograph he said," get outta here kid". Standing next to him was Mel Allen, who I consider the voice of major league baseball and he said, "come here, I'll sign your program". I thanked him and we left the steps. I don't remember who won the game or even who the Yanks played that day, but I'll never forget how nice Mel Allen was or how Mr. Rizzuto made me feel that day. You can keep the scooter.
I've only just discovered this thread and the message above. I'm sorry to hear that you had this experience. I followed Phil Rizzuto closely throughout his career back into the 1940s and can tell you the behavior described is very uncharacteristic of "Uncle Phil."
When he passed, the New York Daily News invited readers to share their favorite memory of Phil Rizzuto. The hundreds of responses depict a very polite man who was especially courteous to kids.
If you want to hear about that side of Phil Rizzuto, go to this link:
I knew Phil and his wife Corra well, they'd come to my business almost weekly for dinner then stop next door at Monteleone's for pastries. he was aces n my book and his wife was all class all the time!
"Holy cow..." 
Phil Rizzuto9/25/1917 - 8/14/2007He was the voice of Baseball for me asI grew up in NYC in the 70' and 80's."Holy cow, Bill White, look at the size of that mosquito!" 
