Best lefty off all time? My vote is Koufax!

[cammb]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Tony

Great, having seen him pitch, we both appreciate how good he was. Actually, I grew up being an avid Yankees fan because Phil Rizzuto was my neighbor in Hillside, NJ (his house
was 2 blocks away from ours).

Monday nights (when it was an off day for the Yankees), Phil would join us kids at St. Catherine's School and entertain us with all his stories. Also, he would give us tips on how to
play the game.

We both grew up in some great times, Tony.


TED Z

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By the way, Ted is it true that Rizzuto didn't like signing autographs?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by cammb

By the way, Ted is it true that Rizzuto didn't like signing autographs?

Tony

I could tell you many stories about Phil Rizzuto. He was quite a character in real life. But, he loved talking with you. Every BB card show (since the 1980's which I saw him at,
he drew large crowds and it looked like he was having fun talking with the people while signing his autograph.

Here is a personal story I have to tell you. April 1984, I am at Newark Airport standing in the ticket counter line and who's in front of me, but Phil. I tap him in the shoulder to
say hello. We start talking about our old neighborhood in Hillside. It happens that we both are flying out to O'Hare airport in Chicago. Our flight is delayed, so we spend three
hours talking and sipping coffee at Newark. Finally, we board our plane, Phil is in 1st class and I am sitting in the back of the plane. Phil finds me back there and invites me to
sit with him in 1st class. We spent the next 2 hours "Talkin' Baseball". Actually I was mainly listening since he was doing all the talking. That was one very interesting flight to
Chicago.




TED Z

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[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I am a die-hard Dodger fan and love the history of the Brooklyn years. The one autograph I will never part with is my Phil Rizzuto. I've told the story on Net54 before, but I was set up as a dealer at a show in the Poconos when I was 14 or 15. Rizzuto was the autograph guest. At the end of his signing time I realized I hadn't gotten anything and I didn't have anything good to get signed. I took a piece of poster board and a sharpie and drew a quick picture of him with the Yankee logo and took it to get signed. He wanted to know who did it and I told him that I did and that the marker was probably still wet. He said "Holy cow, that's terrific" and signed it.

Fast forward MANY years. I am in my 40's and there's a large package under my parent's Christmas tree. I open it and there's Scooter beautifully framed. My parents had moved that piece of poster board from house to house more years than I care to think about and I had forgotten about it entirely.

Still have to hang it in my office, but I will never part with it.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I am a die-hard Dodger fan and love the history of the Brooklyn years. The one autograph I will never part with is my Phil Rizzuto. I've told the story on Net54 before, but I was set up as a dealer at a show in the Poconos when I was 14 or 15. Rizzuto was the autograph guest. At the end of his signing time I realized I hadn't gotten anything and I didn't have anything good to get signed. I took a piece of poster board and a sharpie and drew a quick picture of him with the Yankee logo and took it to get signed. He wanted to know who did it and I told him that I did and that the marker was probably still wet. He said "Holy cow, that's terrific" and signed it.

Fast forward MANY years. I am in my 40's and there's a large package under my parent's Christmas tree. I open it and there's Scooter beautifully framed. My parents had moved that piece of poster board from house to house more years than I care to think about and I had forgotten about it entirely.

Still have to hang it in my office, but I will never part with it.

Great story...

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Tony

I could tell you many stories about Phil Rizzuto. He was quite a character in real life. But, he loved talking with you. Every BB card show (since the 1980's which I saw him at,
he drew large crowds and it looked like he was having fun talking with the people while signing his autograph.

Here is a personal story I have to tell you. April 1984, I am at Newark Airport standing in the ticket counter line and who's in front of me, but Phil. I tap him in the shoulder to
say hello. We start talking about our old neighborhood in Hillside. It happens that we both are flying out to O'Hare airport in Chicago. Our flight is delayed, so we spend three
hours talking and sipping coffee at Newark. Finally, we board our plane, Phil is in 1st class and I am sitting in the back of the plane. Phil finds me back there and invites me to
sit with him in 1st class. We spent the next 2 hours "Talkin' Baseball". Actually I was mainly listening since he was doing all the talking. That was one very interesting flight to
Chicago.


TED Z

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Another great story...