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Yankees Hall of Famer, Broadcaster Phil Rizzuto

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I don't know how many times I've seen it.

About forty times.

Alec Guinness!

William Holden!

Three and one the count.

I just heard somebody whistle.

You know that song?

That's what they whistle.

Nobody out.

And he pops it up.

Mr. Rizzuto also created a special vocabulary. Anyone who bungled a play was dubbed a "huckleberry." Most people, except his wife, earned this designation at one time or another.

He was announcing the day that Yankee Roger Maris surpassed Babe Ruth's single-season home run record with the team -- one of the landmark "Holy cow!" moments he saw firsthand.


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