Pt. 1: Phil Rizzuto and Bill White Broadcast a Rain Delay (1986)

Part of a Yankee telecast on WPIX TV, Channel 11 from 1986. Bill White and Phil Rizzuto broadcast a 4th inning rain delay as the Yankees played the Twins at Yankee Stadium. This is a great example of the two broadcasters, and as broadcast partners. Rizzuto and White (and Frank Messer) were the broadcast team of the Yankees in the 1970s and 1980s.

[@BaddogSports]

Bill White, Scooter and WPIX 11 bring back amazing childhood memories

[@cttorr]

Nice to hear that Bill White was selected to the St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame this year. He spent much of his playing career with the Cardinals. I recently came across a short KZbin video about it.

[@OdderFrog]

There will never be another broadcast team like those two in any sport. Sweet summer memories sitting with my grandfather watching on WPIX. Best memories in my life.

[@beholden1663]

Even as a long time Mets fan I have find memories of being a kid and watching Bill White and Phil Rizzuto on WPIX in the 1970’s and 80’s

[@2000toddowen]

God...what a great time. I could almost see mom and dad in the living room watching the game again {dad with a can of Meisterbrau and a cat on his chest while sitting reclined in the La-Z-Boy}

[@jared7263]

The voice that narrated my summers as a youth. Phil Rizzuto.

[@JerseyShoreCollector]

Me too

[@henhao1972]

ahhh...feels like the 80s all over again....Eddie Layton working his magic on the Hammond Colonnade organ ....What a great time when the real Yankee fans where filling those blue seats. When the Mets were New Yorks team and the stadium was half empty in the Bronx. It was still the greatest place in the world for me and wish I could go back to those vintage80s at the Stadium!

[@stever7157]

The best thing was no advertising behind the plate.

[@kevinjames5619]

There will never be announcers like this again. Two of the best

[@MainEventPoint]

Eddie Layton at the Organ...*tear rolling down cheek*

[@kevinjames5619]

These were my best years watching baseball and going to yankee stadium

[@Tony-hz8ld]

Yep. I'm watching again because THIS is my childhood

[@qdog568]

Mine too.

[@alartandy]

The rapport between the Scooter and Bill White was a classic. Scooter always called him "White" and when Scooter erred with a misspeak Bill White would always say, "Uh, check that, Scooter."

[@Tony-hz8ld]

These two guys made me love baseball. I miss them so much. The announcers today just dont do it. I'm just glad I was around in the mid 70s through the 80s to witness the expertise of white and Rizzuto.

[@Tony-hz8ld]

Even in a rain delay they're awesome RIP

[@frankw3217]

Frank Messer too. Frank was very professional and enjoyed listening to him. He was rail roaded by the Yankees.

[@MrKTVM]

Eddie Layton at the organ...he was incredible.

[@salaro]

This is great! There is surprisingly little footage of the Scooter as a broadcaster available. Hearing him and White (as he always called him) just chatter like this brings back great memories for me.

[@Jiltedin2007]

The very first time I saw Phil Rizzuto doing a commercial for The Money Store, I thought that he was Allen Ludden. They look so much alike!

[@andrewnunez5680]

This brings back such great memories. Miss the Scooter, Bill White and Frank Messer.

[@MCRD2211]

I come to this video because this is the only thing left of the of the good memories of the great days of the yankee broadcast. I cannot watch them now because they don't play at the TRUE Yankee Stadium and the announcers are like cardboard cut outs of these fine men. To hear Eddie Layton again and the banter of the announcers is what is missing. I am so glad I was an adult in these days and to witness their greatness.

[@Columbica]

Miss these two guys.

[@GanbaMagus]

Scooter was a legend. Any fan could appreciate his greatness.

[@tjj300]

I really miss Phil. Best broadcaster EVER!

[@christopheroliver2465]

The most entertaining for sure...and beagles are the best!

[@WONCinema]

I'm happy that the Yankees are returning to WPIX this season! Back where they belong.

[@robertewalt7789]

And they should be on WABC radio, not WFAN, which is where the Mets belong.

[@Teletran35]

I miss these two announcing games

[@frankw3217]

And Frank Messer.

[@johnpately6911]

Holly cow look at that traffic on the bridge.

[@thomasliquoricomedien6664]

I loved the hearing Eddie Layton on the Organ player.

[@MrFaDookie]

😁😁😁....

[@louiedangelo3843]

Holly cow scooter you are truly missed.

[@gynandroidhead]

RIP to "The Scooter" who died ten years ago today.

[@Tony-hz8ld]

@2:00 Phil Rizzuto and Bill White at their best. The chemistry was great. One of the many reasons Phil was so good, while he was broadcasting he always let us know that he was a Yankee fan. He would mention someones Birthday to try to rally the Yankees, lol. He was on our side. As a kid it's reassuring to know the announcers are on our side. I'm watching this for the 100th time and there isn't even a game but whoever grew up watching the Yankees and Rizzuto and White in the 70s and 80s should understand why.

[@raybon7939]

If you don't cry hearing this.

[@raybon7939]

@I had to those were real tough days the 80s for yankee fans.

[@beholden1663]

@@raybon7939 I think they were still descent teams in the 1980’s. Though the Yankees never won a championship they had Dave Winfield and Don Mattingly and were competitive at least.

[@tonyrusso2989]

I could listen to this everyday. Even in a rain delay, they are better than kay. Real announcers, not phony like Kay.

[@tonyrusso2989]

Yes, i am going to listen again and again, thanks for the upload.

[@gynandroidhead]

This is the fifth time I've listened to this, and it never gets old.

[@BigAl_00]

I grew up with Kay and I can’t fucking stand him. His voices and his "SEEEE YEAAAA" is ridiculously annoying. I wish I was born and lived at these times. But I was born in 2000. Life sucks.

[@joemeehan9329]

Michael Kay sounds like he has a sandwich in his mouth the entire time. Loved these days on WPIX.

[@tillman40]

I’d love to listen to every Rizzuto White Messer game I’d pay money

[@kennyflashphoto]

These clips are PRICELESS, True TV Magic. You rock by posting these, please post more when you can. Thanks

[@ardevenuta37]

There should be a million likes to this man you're awesome

[@bobmilin]

Back then I thought I was getting old because I was going to be 10 years out of high school. Now I am going to be 60 years old and now I am old for real.

[@LEFTOVERDISHES]

The only man who played for The NY Yankees, NY Knicks & NY Rangers-Eddie Layton on the organ

[@hoopsheavenpa]

Thanks so much for uploading this! I miss Phil, Bill, and Frank. They were such a big part of my childhood. Rizzuto needs to be inducted into the broadcast wing of the Baseball HOF.

[@sportsmedia25]

0:47 "What I'm doing play-by-play?" Man the scooter was something else! LOL

[@johnpjohnson8112]

well 8 years later,Scooter got into the Hall :)

[@cttorr]

Yes, as a player.

[@raymondcote2913]

I feel young again.

[@josephgurzynski1053]

I was never a Yanks fan, but I always appreciated Scooter and Bill White.

[@williampaul7096]

Grew up with these guys in my teen years. They were the best

[@fli13]

This is a great clip!!

[@sabrinaphillips916]

My first game of many at the old Yankee stadium was in ‘86. Phenomenal. What a time in NY. Can it ever be that sweet again?

[@stevedrums1675]

I was 16 in 1986. Wonderful clip!

[@keithduwe2647]

Miss old time baseball 😢

[@EndoftheTownProductions]

Brings you right back...

[@russellcastelletti9420]

I loved those three Yankees announcers .I wish they would play complete games.

[@cttorr]

I do have a few other clips that I could try to show as soon as I can.

[@wiedep]

phil forgot the day in '68 when a strong thunderstorm blew through, stopped the game and lifted the tarp about 20 feet high. there are photos of that day out there.

[@jpolar394]

I swear to god I miss these 2 guys. Today's Yankee baseball commentators are only worried about the commercials. Yankee games today are not worth listening to anymore. Every time they say the phrase DOT COM, they can shove it up where the sun don't shine.

[@vincentpiccolo3360]

Bill white and the scooter were great together really miss them on Pix

[@QuiteFrankly]

Brilliant

[@thomasliquoricomedien6664]

I remember when the Citi- bank Ball lit up when a Yankee hit a HR.

[@tlcp53b49]

It is funny to look back now at how bad the camera angles where in the late 80’s and 90’s

[@misi6misi659]

Bill White was a very good MLB player but he was an excellent broadcaster. Voice, knowledge, story telling and perfectly placed humor.

[@parriaga]

I really miss these 2. Always made me laugh! #RIPPhilRizzuto #HolyCow

[@jacksmith5692]

I'm a Mets fan but always watched the Yankees in the 1970's and 80's on Channel 11 before cable. It was baseball and we didn't have all the games like we do now. Phil and Bill were great together like McCarver and Ralph. Hey White, the best was the time they showed Rickey Henderson adjusting his cup and groin and Rizzuto said Henderson is adjusting things out there and there was a burst of laughter and then silence for like 25 seconds. White and Rizzuto must of been dying. Frank Messer would be around putting you to sleep with needless bullshit and comments.

[@MrFaDookie]

Nostalgia @ it's Bess.....all I need now is a wfan 1988 rangers game......

[@cttorr]

Yes.

[@nycgrneys]

May 1, 1986.Yanks would score 4 in the 4th but go on to lose 7-4.Dave Winfield had a 2 run HR and Dale Berra went 3 for 4.Starting pitcher Dennis Rasmussen #45 would go 18-6 that season.Jonh Montefusco pitched 2 innings of middle relief for NY giving up solo Hrs to Kent Hrbek and Gary Gaetti.

[@WONAction]

Do you have any more WPIX Yankees clips?

[@jeffreynegron2708]

“Noooo, I’m doing play by play.” 🤣

[@RovingRoy]

This game was broadcast May 1, 1986, and the Yankees lost the game 7-4. I found that out at BaseballReference

[@tillman40]

I’d switch to the radio when Phil spent 3 innings there

[@Mryrhodesian]

Sterling is on radio. Teamed with Susan Waldman and you have 3 hours of a ringing endorsement for TV.

[@seamhead23]

Do you have any of the epic openings?

[@tjj300]

May 1st, 1986

[@georgebethos7890]

“Ya know White,Cora was making the cannolis the other day.......

[@84jbones]

white I'm doing play by play? Naaah, you're doing play by play . he called eddie layton eddie lopez, . ya know I saw al lopez in tampa, my freudian slip, classic scooter

[@aceee06]

I believe Phil Rizzuto originally came from Brooklyn, but he was never involved with the Dodgers.

[@tomb4575]

Casey Stengle was the manager of The Dodgers when Scooter tried out for The Dodgers. Casey told Phil he was too short and to go home and get a shoe shine kit. Scooter always talked glowingly about Joe McCarthy never said much about Casey.

[@jjt388]

RovingRoy To answer your question: No, that would be Michael Kay doing play-by- play for YES Network on tv. John Sterling does play-by-play for the Yankees on radio. The whole broadcast team on both tv and radio are not that great. I'm with you folks. If there's some way we can get Devine Providence to resurrect Phil Rizzuto, count me in !!

[@frankw3217]

Yes miss the Scooter and Frank Messer. Also if we can bring back original Yankee Stadium which should not have never knock down. Steinbrenner made sure of that. No going back, just that monument he built for himself and sold this calling Yankee Stadium.

[@raybon7939]

Good old 1980 s Yankee stadium. No advertisements anywhere....lloll..old stale walls. Every body hated the Yankees. No fans in left field, right field. Off limits to fans. Lloll...nobody sitting pass the foul pole 25000 die hards every night. Always chasing Baltimore Boston Detroit. Shitty pitchers. Phill rizutto , Bill white Billy. Those were tough tough years. Lloll...But they were fun, Cause they were real. They were 80 s Today the Yankees are like a corporate machine. more than baseball team.

[@MrEljefe0000]

these guys back in the day had personality i was just a kid when i used to listen to these guys but the way the did games is burnt into your brain these broadcasters now are all bland nothing stands out about them i do ike john sterling though at least he calls the games differently

[@raybon7939]

This was prob the best time in history to be a teenager.

[@MrFaDookie]

U perfektly explained y I'mma Mets fan.....fank u sir......

[@joeambrose3260]

No ads ? Baloney

[@JosephDungee]

John "The Count" Montefusco

[@craigcavaliere6744]

Dennis Rassumussen was pitching. Montefusco was right handed.

[@GD-rd6ig]

Go Twins!

[@davidellis5141]

Nice 🌧 ! Mets owned the Big 🍎that year.

[@richardtoplitsky5143]

Remember back then the Yankees were wpix and the Mets were on wwor those were fun days for baseball

[@WyattTwerpp]

holy shit

[@robmclean4352]

May 1, 1986. The game was later resumed, with the Twins winning, 7-4.

[@lindamarsella4743]

Frank messer?

[@MrWrestling2]

2:20 Major LOL

[@johnnyso1979]

Rizzuto talking about guys lifting weights...

[@nycgrneys]

I recall Sterling's "ISLANDER GOAL!" & "BULLSEYE!" as voice of Isles & Nets.After Leafs upset Isles in '78 playoffs, a caller got through to his WMCA sportstalk show and simply uttered "Islanders choked."Sterling then went on a rant about how he wasn't upset by such digs but which seemed to show how personal he took it.I know some Yank fans love him but I find he makes the game unlistenable.Hard to fathom him as the voice of such a premiere team.And yet 70 yr old Marv Albert hasn't lost a step.

[@tomb4575]

John was very good with The Nets during The Dr. J years. When he went to Atlanta and TV he became a promoter, he always forgot the difference between TV and Radio broadcasting. Marv was always better on radio. The Knicks defending the 8th avenue side of The Garden.....

[@skipcabrol3769]

Eddie Layton is great

[@cttorr]

That is one of the things I remember about when I was at the stadium then. During that 15-20 min before the game, when batting practice/warm ups are taking place on the field and people like me are going through to locate our seats, the organ would be heard playing continuously.

[@Tony-hz8ld]

No advertisement on wall behind home-plate. No writing on the TV screen inn., score or Pitch counts. Even the batters back then had better batting stances. We use to watch games on TV for FREE., Now they want you to pay for it. They have destroyed this beautiful game today with their f-ing greediness. There are no more fundamentals anymore. Today's game the ballparks are small now so they can hit more home runs. It was 430 feet in death valley until 1985 , 411 in 85 now 399. All they want to do today is hit Home-runs. No more double-headers, Twi-night double headers. No more pennant races. No more complete games because they are pussies. You'll never see a complete game NO-HITTER because the started lucky if he goes 6 innings. Prices through the roof to go to the ballpark. During the National Anthem It's ALL commercials. I wouldn't give them a penny to watch now. They disrespect the flag. I will only watch the old games. This is real baseball. Oh, BTW, thanks for the upload.

[@jpolar394]

You said the absolute truth. The hell with baseball today until it becomes normal again .

[@stever7157]

Complete games? Now you can’t get a closer to pitch in a non save situation without lots of bellyaching or to go more than one inning. Back in the late 70’s/ early 80’s when I started watching they would sometimes come in during a tough situation in the 7th and close it out. That was a save, not a 3 run lead in the 9th with no one on base.

[@Tony-hz8ld]

@@stever7157 I agree 100%. Example-- 1978 play of game between the Yankees and Sox, Goose Gosage pitched 3 innings and got the save

[@stever7157]

@@Tony-hz8ld A few years ago Goose took a lot of heat for daring to criticize Mariano Rivera and the fact that the majority of his saves were only one inning but he is right. They say pitch counts are to protect their arms, but I still see a lot of injuries. It makes sense at the youth and even college level, but by the time they arrive in the majors is when the training wheels should come off.

[@RovingRoy]

Amen, brother, though I don't know who this John Sterling is, is he that numbskull who does the YES games?

[@RPenta]

Messer was the best although many Yankee fans did not like him; Rizzuto was ok until he became a parody of himself; White I did not care for-seemed to be obsessed with Bob Gibson's nasty habit of throwing at batters; I lived however to see White as President of the National League see his team soundly defeated by the Americans. Good things are worth waiting for.

[@kennethlund7219]

RPenta I guess you really didn't like Bill White. I'm a Met fan but I loved him and Scooter.