<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scooter-Biography-Rizzuto-Carlo-DeVito/dp/1600781659" target="_blank">"Scooter: The Biography of Phil Rizzuto,"</a> by Carlo DeVito, is what we in the business refer to as "a clip job." It's reported almost excluslvely through secondary sources - previously published interviews and information. 
 Having written that, if you're a Rizzuto fan, you'll like it. Because Rizzuto was eminently likeable, and his life story is a good one. Besides, you're getting it for free. 
 That's right. I'll give my copy of this book to the first person who e-mails me - at kdavidoff@newsday.com - with the correct answer to this question: 
 Rizzuto won the 1950 AL MVP award - rather, deservedly, I might add, with a .418 on-base percentage and strong defense. Who finished second in the 1950 AL MVP voting? 
 --Here are the <a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/scooter-giveaway-1.2779894?qr=1" target="_blank">contest rules</a>. 
 --UPDATE, 1:52 p.m.: We have a winner! Craig Buckser (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/cbuckser" target="_blank">@cbuckser</a> on Twitter), formerly of Smithtown and currently of Davis, Cal., knew first that Billy Goodman of the Red Sox finished second in the 1950 AL MVP ballot.

"Scooter: The Biography of Phil Rizzuto," by Carlo DeVito, is what we in the business refer to as "a clip job." It's reported almost excluslvely through secondary sources - previously published interviews and information. Having written that, if you're a Rizzuto fan, you'll like it. Because Rizzuto was eminently likeable, and his life story is a good one. Besides, you're getting it for free. That's right. I'll give my copy of this book to the first person who e-mails me - at kdavidoff@newsday.com - with the correct answer to this question: Rizzuto won the 1950 AL MVP award - rather, deservedly, I might add, with a .418 on-base percentage and strong defense. Who finished second in the 1950 AL MVP voting? --Here are the contest rules. --UPDATE, 1:52 p.m.: We have a winner! Craig Buckser (@cbuckser on Twitter), formerly of Smithtown and currently of Davis, Cal., knew first that Billy Goodman of the Red Sox finished second in the 1950 AL MVP ballot.

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