Fuccillo Meets Rizzuto

Could there even be a New York Yankees without Fuccillo? Sometimes it seems his sheer will has kept these titans of baseball at the zenith of sports history...

Here Young Ralph, looking like an Italian rooster, meets legendary shortstop Phil Rizzuto, aka "The Scooter". Those two boys are crammed into a tight space, huh?

The stories to be told of Ralph's adventures with the legends!

Get the Shovel...

...but it's no bull! Ralph tells some wild tales, but every word is true! In this iconic photograph, which we'll name "The Shovel" (pronounced "shuv-ELL"), are little Ralph, his father, and his grandfather, the Original Raphael! Ralph's got enough stories about his grandfather to fill a book on its own. Collect 'em all!

Back in the City that Never Sleeps...

...the man that never sleeps. Ralph wakes up the birds on a visit to his old stomping grounds (NY) in 2008. Even after a life of wild times, the outrageous adventures continue. (Ralph and his agent, Big Little, have discussed publishing the memoirs in multiple volumes. Anything for an extra buck!)

Let's Go, Boys!

So we'll begin here with a glamour shot of our author, Ralph Fuccillo, the protagonist and antagonist of "Once a Kid". Ralph is shown here with his prized Hofner bass, possibly on his way to practice with late 60's local Bronx legends, The Stowaways.