2007-08-14 05:20:39 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
I agree. The Money Store commercials were great. They have it on youtube.
2007-08-14 05:26:31 · update #1
Are you insane. The Money Store isn't all I can think about. I was just agreeing when someone brought it up. He was a great shortstop, and I also agree that he was a great ambassador for the game. I enjoyed listening to him as an announcer as well. His Hall of Fame speech is pretty funny too. I enjoyed listening to that on the Yankeeography DVD extras. So, no The Money Store isn't all I think about when I think of the legendary Scooter.
2007-08-14 05:33:12 · update #2
He will be missed by baseball fans all over. He was a great person and player of the game.
2007-08-14 05:28:18 · answer #1 · answered by Numba 1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Growing up in NYC I saw Phil play on many an occasion. He was also part of the reason I was exposed to the worst episode of fans booing a player at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees had returned home from a very successful road trip, having won over 15 games at home and on the road. On the road, the catcher for the Saint Louis Browns, Clint Courtney, had spiked Rizzuto to break up a double play. It caused a bench-clearing brawl at Sportsman's Park.
Sixty thousand fans were in attendance to welcome the Yankees home. When Courtney's name was announced on the PA system as the next batter, the uproar started. The boos were so loud they drowned out the elevated train behind the stadium's center field wall.
My other great memory was when they held Phil Rizzuto Day at Yankee Stadium. He got a brand new car and other gifts. During the game, he hit a ball into left field which barely cleared the low fence and went into the stands for a home run. The opposing left fielder could have leaned back quite easily and caught the ball, depriving Phil of that "dinger". But, I guess the guy wanted to add his own present to the festivities.
2007-08-14 05:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A true Yankee and I'm really glad that he got into the Hall of Fame before he died. There are some players that are so much greater than the sum of their parts and Phil Rizzuto was was one of those players and as such was HOF worthy
New Yorkers will remember that when Rizzuto was broadcasting Yankee games how scared he was of lightning and that he would look for a desk to get under or just leave the booth
R.I.P. Phil Rizzuto ,you will be missed.
2007-08-14 05:52:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A solid player on some great teams. He always a treat to hear/see when he covered Yankee games. Just like DiMaggio became later known as Mr Coffee, I can't get the phrase "Phil Rizzuto for the Money Store" out of my head!
2007-08-14 05:24:41 · answer #4 · answered by visioncomponents 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have heard some argue against him being in the hall of fame, I'm not one of them. Many players came and went during his era, their names are all but forgotten by those who were not die hard fans of the teams they played on. The name Phil Rizzuto is not among them, he's one of the names that even the fans that hated the Yankees remember. Never got to see him play, but heard some stories about him from San Diego Padre broadcaster Jerry Coleman, who was once a teammate of his. It will be interesting to hear his thoughts, should he choose to share them with us.
2007-08-14 06:38:48 · answer #5 · answered by Mike W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably would not be in HOF were it not for his being on so many great teams, of course the arguement from the other side is would those teams have been quite so great without him? In the 60's and 70's my father was fond of saying that as great a shortstop as he was, he was equally bad as an announcer. You could certainly make up quite a team with his teammates and opponents - Gehrig, Dimaggio, Mantle, Ford, Berra, Snider, Mays, Jackie Robinson and later on with his broadcase career he was at the mike for the Maris homerun so he is definitely a link to an enormous trove of baseball memories.
2007-08-14 06:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by ligoneskiing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good announcer, and a great ambassador for the game of baseball.
I don't really think he belongs in the Hall of Fame, but he was fortunate enough to be on some great Yankee teams. Apparently a great teammate, too, from everything I've read.
2007-08-14 05:28:08 · answer #7 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not a Yankees fan at all, but growing up in NYC, I always saw Phil on TV a lot when the Mets werent on and I would glance at the Yankees game. He was a great broadcaster, great player and made me laugh a hell of a lot.
R.I.P. Phil Rizzuto
2007-08-14 05:32:51 · answer #8 · answered by J-Far 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am 28, saw only heard him announce for several years. I think as many people hated him as they did like him. I loved him though. He kept games interesting. From what I have read about him, especially from other HOFers, he was a great player. Ted Williams said if he was on the Sox they would have won all those championships, not the Yanks. that is some high praise.
2007-08-14 06:41:11 · answer #9 · answered by Frank P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Seinfeld episode, "The Pothole" features a Phil Rizzuto key chain that says "Holy Cow!" whenever you squeeze his head.
George Costanza promptly loses it when it is buried under asphalt in a pothole. He tries to jackhammer the hole but hits a water main. It erupts spewing water and up shoots Phil Rizzuto, "Hooooollly Cowwww"!
2007-08-14 06:32:14 · answer #10 · answered by Veritas et Aequitas () 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was thinking, even if you weren't a Yankee fan. You had to like Phil. Rizzuto and White were awesome together. I laughed many times with them. This is a very sad day for baseball!
2007-08-14 05:53:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋