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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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