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R.I.P. Phill Rizzuto
Phil Rizzuto was American League MVP in 1950, when he hit .324 and scored 125 runs for the Yankees. (AP)
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Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto, who overcame his diminutive size to become a key contributor to numerous New York Yankees championships and followed his playing career with a lengthy and entertaining stint in the team's broadcast booth, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Rizzuto's playing and broadcasting careers were in contrast with each other. As a player, Rizzuto had the reputation for being an alert, heads-up competitor with keen baseball instincts that eventually earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Behind the microphone, he was at times oblivious to the events on the field; nevertheless, his lack of polish as an announcer was ignored by generations of Yankees fans who accepted his eccentricities the way family members do an amusing relative.
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R.I.P one of my favorite baseball announcers. 
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R.I.P. Phill Rizzuto
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