Phil Rizzuto, what can I say, I never liked you. Now take it I never knew you as a baseball player, only the senile old man who tried to announce baseball games but had no actual interest in what was actually taking place on the field. You are one of the many reasons I despise the Yankees. Growing up I would sit with my neighbors on their porches and we would listen to you babble during Yankee games. They would tell me how great you were, I never got it. All you would do is congratulate seemingly random people throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for birthdays, anniversaries, and bah mitzvahs. You paid zero attention to the game – I did not appreciate it. I wanted George Grande to punch in he side of the head. I would listen to my neighbors talk about how great the Yankees were, but all I can see was a less than average team (1988-89-90). Rickey Henderson was cool, I’ll give you that.
Phil, you made it to the Hall of Fame, even though you didn’t really have the #s to back it up (you were veteran’s committee vote-in). So what, you were definitely a character and thats something this world needs more of.
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Scooter’s cameo appearance in Meatloaf’s Paradise By The Dashboard Lights made him worthy of the Hall of Fame in my book.