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"Holy Cow!" Phil Rizzuto Quotes
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Phil Rizzuto will forever be remembered as having two great careers, one on the baseball diamond and one above it, in the booth. Over those years above the diamond, Rizzuto developed a reputation as a "homer," an announcer who would sometimes lapse into rooting for the home team. Rizzuto also had more than his share of malapropisms and stream-of-consciousness commentary, which annoyed his critics but amused his fans. Here are some of his famous quotes:
| | "Holy cow!" |
| | "Here comes Roger Maris, they're standing up, waiting to see if Roger is going to hit number sixty-one, here's the windup, the pitch to Roger, WAY outside, ball one. The fans are starting to boo, low, ball two. That one was in the dirt and the boos get louder. Two balls, no strikes on Roger Maris, here's the windup, fastball, HIT DEEP TO RIGHT, THIS COULD BE IT, WAYYYY BACK THERE, HOLY COW HE DID IT, SIXTY-ONE HOME RUNS!" Source: TV Broadcast (October 1, 1961) |
| | "I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio." |
| | "I'll never forget September sixth nineteen-fifty. I got a letter threatening me, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra and Johnny Mize. It said if I showed up in uniform against the Red Sox I'd be shot. I turned the letter over to the FBI and told my manager Casey Stengel about it. You know what Casey did? He gave me a different uniform and gave mine to Billy Martin. Can you imagine that! Guess Casey thought it'd be better if Billy got shot." Source: Sport Magazine (December 1961) |
| | "I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy." |
| | "There was an aura about him (Joe DiMaggio). He walked like no one else walked. He did things so easily. He was immaculate in everything he did. Kings of State wanted to meet him and be with him. He carried himself so well. He could fit in any place in the world." |
| | "They've got so many Latin players we're going to have to get a Latin instructor up here." Source: The Sporting News (April 24, 1989) |
| | "Those huckleberries in the National League didn't want to do anything (DH in Series) that the American League want to do." Source: TV Broadcast (September 25, 1977) |
| | "Well that (Pope Paul VI passing away) kind of puts the damper on even a Yankee win." Source: TV Broadcast (August 6, 1978) |
| | "Uh-oh, deep to left-center, nobody's gonna get that one! Holy cow, somebody got it!" |
| | "Bouncer to third, they'll never get him! No, why don't I just shut up!" |
| | "All right! Stay fair! No, it won't stay fair. Good thing it didn't stay fair, or I think he would've caught it!" |
| | "Oh, these Yankees can get the clutch hits, Murcer. I might have to go home early, I just got a cramp in my leg." |
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