 Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto, R.I.P.
Mr. Steinbrenner was correct in saying that Heaven needed a shortstop, Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto, who passed earlier today. Scooter was a great player and broadcaster. His playing days preceded my birth but I knew that he never let anyone, including the great Casey Stengel stand in his way. Stengel told him that he should shine shoes but he went to win seven World Series and an AL MVP amongst other awards. He may have been short at 5-foot-6 but his heart was bigger than them all. That's what determination can do.
Scooter's broadcasting days shaped my youth. I listened to his radio broadcasts on WCDO in Walton, New York. His trademark "Holy cow!" became a staple in more ways than one as I grew up on a dairy farm. That was the beginning of my comedy career. 
I can close my eyes, listen to the memorized tape of his radio broadcasts in my head, and let the game unfold in the "Theatre of the Mind". That was Scooter's gift to me and millions of other kids. He will be missed. Godspeed Scooter!
Photo courtesy of the Yankees.com. Posted by a mourning Tank in NY.
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