Go Ahead, Seaver

By Phil Rizzuto
You know,
Some kid wrote me a letter.
You and Murcer,
I know,
Every time Murcer says
I make oh for four and two errors.
Some guy wrote,
Which I haven’t gotten yet,
He wrote it to Yankee Stadium,
But by the way,
You’re doing the play-by-play, Seaver.
So go ahead.
I was gonna tell you something,
But I forgot what it was.
Go ahead.

 

Notes:

July 1, 1991
Cleveland at New York
Lee Guetterman pitching to Chris James
Seventh inning, no outs, bases empty
Yankees lead 6-2

Copyright Credit: “Go Ahead, Seaver” from O Holy Cow!: The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto by Phil Rizzuto and with an introduction by Roy Blount, Jr. © 1993 by Phil Rizzuto. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Source: O Holy Cow!: The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto (HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 1993)