Quote of the day: Nellie Fox on Phil Rizzuto

Nellie Fox, left, and Phil Rizzuto, right, with the White Sox’s Eddie Robinson

Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox in 1955 on Phil Rizzuto, the New York Yankees’ 5-foot-6, 150-pound shortstop who like Fox eventually ends up in the Hall of Fame:

“You don’t have to be big to be a big leaguer. Look at Phil Rizzuto. He’s really small and he’s been one of the greatest that ever was.”