Scooter

The story, paraphrased somewhat, is as follows:

When Phil Rizzuto and Bill White were both New York Yankees play-by-play men, they were broadcasting a game on a very windy day in "the stadium" (New York-centric aphorism for "Yankee Stadium" conceded JUST THIS ONCE...), and White's scorecard blew out of the front of the open radio booth. He worked an inning or two as the color guy, but then when he had to take over the play-by-play duties, he needed a scorecard... so he said "Hey, Scooter... can I take a look at yours."

"Sure, sure."

White said that under the names of two or three players in one inning, Rizzuto had written the notation WW. So White said, "Scooter, I know what the rest of this is... BB, SAC... but what's WW?"

"WW. 'Wasn't watching.'"

It's been a much-used, favorite scorecard notation of mine ever since.

A salute from this Orioles fan to the late Phil Rizzuto, Yankees Hall of Fame shortstop (I don't care what ANYONE says: the defensive geniuses belong in there too!) and, for many years, the voice of the Yankees on their radio and TV networks... a true original. Rest in peace, Scooter, you Huckleberry!