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filkertom ([personal profile] filkertom) wrote2007-08-14 11:35 am
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Holy Cow

One of the classic acts of baseball has left us. Phil Rizzuto, five-time All-Star shortstop for the New York Yankees and legendary broadcaster, has passed away at the age of 89.

In his honor, let's [a] recall our favorite baseball calls -- mine would be Ernie Harwell's "Let's listen to the bedlam, here at Tiger Stadium!" when the Tigers won the pennant in 1968 -- and [b] cue up Meat Loaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" (see, you do know what he sounds like).

[identity profile] redaxe.livejournal.com 2007-08-14 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Marv was definitely right up there, though, as you say, he was the voice of the Garden (the Knicks and the *ugh* Rangers). There's another case of a man who was railroaded.