Best lefty off all time? My vote is Koufax!

[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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