|
|
|
|
||||||||||
| Xoutpost server transfer and maintenance is occurring.... |
| Xoutpost is currently undergoing a planned server migration.... stay tuned for new developments.... sincerely, the management |
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
08-14-2007, 05:52 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Holy Cow!
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Phil Rizzuto, a former New York Yankees shortstop and Hall of Fame member who played on seven World Series champions before becoming the team's long-time broadcast voice, has died at the age of 89, the Yankees said on Tuesday. "I guess heaven must have needed a shortstop," Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner said. "Phil Rizzuto's contributions to the Yankees and the sport of baseball were immense for a period of over 50 years. He was one of the greatest Yankees of all time and a dear, close friend of mine whose loss is enormous to me and to the entire Yankee family," Steinbrenner said in a statement. Rizzuto played his entire 13-year career with the Yankees and started at shortstop in nine World Series, with the so-called Bronx Bombers taking the championship seven times. After his playing career, interrupted for three years of military service during World War Two, he began a long stint as a broadcaster for the team and became known for his signature exclamation "Holy Cow," as well as occasional obliviousness to what was happening on the field. Small for a baseball player at only 5-feet, 6-inches (168 cm) tall and some 150 pounds (68 kg), Rizzuto had a career .273 batting average and was regarded as one of baseball's top defensive shortstops with a fielding percentage of .968. "He was a heck of a player," former Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, 82, said in a statement. "He's meant an awful lot to baseball and the Yankees and has left us with a lot of wonderful memories." Nicknamed the "Scooter" because of his short legs, the Brooklyn-born Rizzuto began his Major League career in 1941, playing in his first World Series against the hometown rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was named American League Most Valuable Player in 1950, when he hit .324 and scored 125 runs.
__________________
 my experience on X5world when I spend too much time posting in political threads in the lounge... 
|
| Sponsored Links | |
|
|
|
|
#2
08-14-2007, 08:48 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Truly sad day.... RIP Scooter.
Yogi was a mess in the pre-game and in the 4th in the booth...
__________________
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
|
|
#3
08-14-2007, 08:59 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I remember when he used to do the Money Store ads during the games on TV... RIP
__________________
"To become a member of a crew you've got to be 100% Italian so they can trace all your relatives back to the old country. See, it's the highest honor they can give you. It means you belong to a family and crew. It means that nobody can f@ck around with you. It also means you could f@ck around with anybody just as long as they aren't also a member. It's like a license to steal. It's a license to do anything"
|
|
#4
08-15-2007, 07:16 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
heck of a career, two careers. But also another career as one of the cheapest men around. And I mean that affectionettely(sp?)
__________________
Mark         _______________________________2001 X5 4.4i topaz blue/sand Sport, complete Dinan S2  , hitch, V1, tint, BSW Stage 1, Alpine INA-W910BT___________ Life is not fair! You can't protect people from their own stupidity! Laughter makes life worth living
|
|
#5
08-15-2007, 08:37 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
The Yankee played a great Game in his honer 12-0 Boo!
__________________
Loweringlinks.net  Formerly known as "Silver 5"
|
|
| Bookmarks |
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
