Shots In The Dark
Wednesday, August 15, 2024
  Remembering Scooter
Jeffrey Lyons writes a nice remembrance of Phil Rizzuto.

The night before Yom Kippur, Kol Nidre, is the holiest in Judaism. But the Red Sox were in town, so naturally I was sitting next to him in the booth.

"Scooter," I said. "Don't say 'Yommmm Keepur...' as if you've never heard of it. Say it quickly and don't congratulate Jewish people or wish them a happy holiday, since it's the Day of Atonement and whatever you do, don't say I'm here, because my mother will kill me.” I was ok with that, since Yankee Stadium is the Temple of Baseball.

About the fourth inning I heard, "We want to wish our Jewish friends a happy... uh oh… hey Jeffrey Lyons... is it 'Yom Kippur?' Is that how you pronounce it?”

I grew up watching the Yankees on black-and-white TV on WPIX—"Eleven Alive!"—and I could well imagine that distinctive voice: "Uh-oh...hey, Jeffrey Lyons...."

Makes me smile just to think of it....
  8:00 AM  
Comments:
Made me smile too, and I'm not a Yankees fan (nice job, Rich).

Is is possible to dislike any aging ball player? I've heard Ty Cobb was a jerk, but these guys usually age well. God speed, Scooter.
# posted by Squatting Egret : August 15, 2024 9:19 AM
 
So are you a Yankees fan, Rich? I thought were, like Murray Chass, a neutral arbiter of the ancient Sox-yanks rivalry.
# posted by Anonymous : August 15, 2024 10:39 AM
 
In my personal life, I'm a Yankees fan. Always have been, couldn't pretend otherwise. In terms of my book, I'm a huge fan of both teams—seriously. They were classic. And I'm in particular a fan of the rivalry between the Sox and the Yankees.
# posted by Richard Bradley : August 15, 2024 10:43 AM
 
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