He also describes Mickey Rivers as "a big man." I can only assume that's based on the racial stereotype. I hope Rizzuto gets fired for this.

He should have his huckleberries taken away.

He also describes Mickey Rivers as "a big man."

So's your mom.

That huckleberry! Did anyone else try yelling 'Pix!' at the screen, or just me?
Oh, and happy 80th birthday to Isabella Baglio (am I pronouncing that right, White?) Holy cow, she also sent us some cannoli. Thank you, dear.

Lewis Aparicio, show us how you get a jump on that beard of yours.

Did anyone else try yelling 'Pix!' at the screen, or just me?

I don't know what scares me more: that I got that reference or that there's somebody else on planet Earth whose brain is (mis-)wired in such a way that they remember the "Pix!" thing too.

I ask this not just as a rhetorical question. I don't think I ever saw or heard a broadcast with Rizzuto. Was he any good as an announcer?

Scooter was great as a personality. He was pretty confused as an announcer.

At least by the time I encountered him in the late 80s.

Phil was the slightly daffy uncle every family has, and that's why he was so beloved. And he never took himself seriously. In short, his personality was the anti-Sterling.

He said he sure was glad to be up in the booth. All those years of covering second on every steal attempt really wore him out.

Phil was the slightly daffy uncle every family has, and that's why he was so beloved. And he never took himself seriously. In short, his personality was the anti-Sterling.

Good description. When I was a kid in the 80s, I used to love watching Yankee games largely for Rizzuto. It really did feel like you were watching the game with your daffy uncle. Rizzuto had all kinds of flaws... he was a homer, it felt like he made several mistaken home run calls every game (the balls were invariably caught in shallow CF), and he'd ramble on in strange and sometimes downright bizarre directions. I'll never forget the time he was discussing Ricky Henderson's speed, and said that it came from Ricky's powerfully muscled butt. Long pause, and then Rizzuto added, "Nice butt." But he was charming and genuine in ways that modern broadcasters can't hope to approach. He loved baseball, he loved the Yankees, he loved people and he didn't care who knew it. I miss him.

a very excitable Latin type

It'd say he was probably thinking of Times Roman.

I miss Scooter too. He is one of the major reason I am a baseball fan, and a Yankee fan.