Scooter : the biography of Phil Rizzuto / by Carlo DeVito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeVito, Carlo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

New York Yankees (Baseball team).

Rizzuto, Phil, 1917-2007.

Rizzuto, Phil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Triumph Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>Many baseball fans know that Rizzutto, just 5""6' and 160 pounds, was a diminutive player who overcame his size to become a five-time All-Star, the 1950 American League MVP, and that he helped the Yankees win seven World Series titles during his 13-year career. Casual fans may say Scooter was playing over his head and had a great cast of teammates that would make any average player look better. However, DeVito reveals in <I>Scooter: The Biography of Phil Rizzutto</I> that size never defined Rizzutto. With a 40-year career on the air spanning the end of his playing days until his death in

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue ; Introduction ; I: Learning the Infield; Chapter 1: Bridge of the Future and the Trolley Dodgers ; Chapter 2: Al Kunitz ; Chapter 3: Tales from the South ; Chapter 4: Go West Young Man ; Chapter 5: Little Dago ; II: At Play in Ruth's House; Chapter 6: Scooter in Love and War ; III: The View from the Booth; Chapter 7: In the Broadcast Booth ; Epilogue; Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-358) and index.

ISBN:

1-62368-646-6

1-61749-068-7

OCLC:

851970280