Phil Rizzuto was legendary when I was growing up in NJ. Nothing more can be said about him.He was an unbelievable ball player for the Yankess in the 40's and early 50's and carried the Yankee mystique into the broadcast booth for 40 more years.
Seeing all the footage on ESPN last night and this afternoon brought back a lot of memories - summer days in the yard listening to games on the radio with my dad and friends, watching games on WPIX (Channel 11 in NY) and listening to Rizzuto call the game.
He was so amazing that even if you were in a different room of the house, you could just listen to him and get the picture of what was going on out on the field.
There can never be another play-by-play man like Scooter.
For more, see the NY Daily News site. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2007/08/15/2007-08-15_memories_of_scooter.html
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