tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11977927.post1090591112362012827..comments2023-10-17T13:52:38.731-04:00Comments on Bay Ridge Blog: Where Have You Gone, Phil Rizzuto?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11977927.post-47538582279496738352007-08-17T00:09:00.000-04:002007-08-17T00:09:00.000-04:00I didn't know that you'd met him. All the local pa...I didn't know that you'd met him. <BR/><BR/>All the local papers were filled with stories about how --genuinely-- nice he was. He kept up with lots of the little people over many years, couldn't do enough for them.<BR/><BR/>One of the papers said his approach to broadcasting was as if every game was the first game he ever saw!<BR/><BR/>If you've not seen <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=5LCSe1Dzp3Q" REL="nofollow">this</A>, it's highly recommended. There are other Phil Rizzuto things on youtube, including the Money Store commercial, and his mention on Seinfeld.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682419312410424354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11977927.post-32905782202921748372007-08-16T22:32:00.000-04:002007-08-16T22:32:00.000-04:00You were braver than me to shake his hand when you...You were braver than me to shake his hand when you met him...I was too nervous but my friend whom you remember...Meryl Campbell said hi to him. --JoanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11977927.post-55130094608214835572007-08-16T22:29:00.000-04:002007-08-16T22:29:00.000-04:00Aside from Thurman Munson, this was the saddest de...Aside from Thurman Munson, this was the saddest death of a sports player to me. I will never forget sitting in the kitchen on hot summer nights listening to the radio and how excited Phil Rizzuto would get, screaming, "Holy Cow!"<BR/><BR/>By the way, he is one of the few celebrities I met...in the 1 WTC elevators. :( --JoanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11977927.post-18898409540136727562007-08-16T15:50:00.000-04:002007-08-16T15:50:00.000-04:00Phil was a classic player (and like many of his ti...Phil was a classic player (and like many of his time lost playing time for the service). I enjoyed listening to him broadcast the Yankee games and recall one night where Lou Pinella was screaming at an ump, and Phil noted "What a night for the lip readers."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com