parlo
06-13-2008, 07:11 PM
About a year ago, I saw an MSNBC weekend special where Tim Russert interviewed about 5 ML catchers. Fisk, Berra, Bench, Carter, (maybe McCarver) were all present. It was nothing groundbreaking, but I thought it was well done. I really enjoyed it and even recommended it to a friend.
I have heard that there are others Russert did with pitchers and HR hitters. Has anyone seen any of these ?
ipitch
06-13-2008, 08:04 PM
He interviewed a few Yankee greats a few years ago. Hopefully they'll show a repeat of it next week. Here's what he said about it...
Q: You've had the chance to do a number of sports interviews over the years. Which is your favorite?
A: Yogi Berra, by far. I kidded him, "Yogi, is it true you walked into a pizzeria and the waiter said, 'Do you want your pizza cut into six or eight slices?' And you said, 'Six, I can't eat eight.'" He said, "I'm too nervous to talk." I go, "Yogi, here's the interview: Whatever I say, whatever comes to your mind, just say it, OK?" He says, "OK." I said, "Mickey Mantle." He says, "What about him?"
I had Yogi, Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto, and they all said Jackie Robinson was safe coming into home plate (stealing home in the 1955 World Series). Yogi went crazy on the air, swearing in Italian, swearing in English. Rizzuto says, "I saw the tag, you gotta put the glove down!" One of the viewers saw it, sent me a photograph; and Rizzuto wasn't even on the field. He was in the dugout. They just do it to get Yogi's goat.
EdTarbusz
06-13-2008, 10:14 PM
I just saw a flash that Tim Russert died today.
Honus Wagner Rules
06-13-2008, 10:16 PM
I saw the Yogi interview. Russert mentions Jackie Robinson and Yogi yells out "HE WAS OUT!!!!" like about 3-4 times. It was classic! :rofl:
parlo
06-14-2008, 06:43 AM
I saw the Yogi interview. Russert mentions Jackie Robinson and Yogi yells out "HE WAS OUT!!!!" like about 3-4 times. It was classic! :rofl:You are right! That is great. It still eats at Yogi after all these years.