Literary birthday greetings: Bill White

January 28, 2011

I was just looking his numbers. He broke in with the NY Giants in 1956, hitting 23 doubles, seven triples and 22 home runs in 138 games. He drove in 59 runs, batting mostly in the , and stole 15 bases. Impressive. Too bad he was a rookie in the same Year as Frank Robinson, who won the NL Rookie of the Year, winning all 24 first place votes.

White turns 77 today. Although I’m not a Yankee fan, I used to enjoy listening to him and Phil Rizzuto banter in the booth. You could almost hear White’s exacerbation over the Scooter’s tangential ramblings.

No Rizzuto in this clip, just White doing his usual excellent job.

(And here’s a little something for my Jewish readers:)

White has a new book coming out this spring: Uppity: My Untold Story About The Games People Play (Grand Central Publishing).

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