earlier this week yankees legend phil rizzuto died. although he predates my yankees experience - in fact the first time i ever heard of him was on the meat loaf track 'paradise by the dashboard light' - i note his passing as a fan.
ny times obit
"The Yankees signed him in 1937 and sent him to their Class D minor league team in Bassett, Va. Stopping for a meal in Richmond, Rizzuto was served grits for the first time. “I didn’t know what to do with them, so I put them in my pocket,” he said."
wiki
"Most baseball observers, including Rizzuto himself, came to believe that Derek Jeter had surpassed him as the greatest shortstop in Yankees history. The Scooter paid tribute to his heir apparent during the 2001 postseason at Yankee Stadium; jogging back to the Yankee dugout, he flipped the ceremonial baseball backhand, imitating Jeter's celebrated game-saving throw to home plate that had just occurred during the Yankees' 2001 American League Division Series triumph. ESPN reported that the photo of Jeter and Rizzuto taken that evening is one of Jeter's most prized possessions."
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