Original sentence: "  But Stengel ended up managing Rizzuto during five consecutive championship seasons, and would later say, "He is the greatest shortstop I have ever seen in my entire baseball career, and I have watched some beauties."  Casey Stengel had famously dismissed Rizzuto during that Brooklyn Dodgers tryout in 1939, advising him to "go get a shoeshine box."  Decades into his retirement, teammate Joe DiMaggio characterized Rizzuto's enduring appeal to fans: "People loved watching me play baseball."  Ty Cobb named the 'Scooter' as one of the few modern ballplayers "who could hold their own among old timers." During one of his last interviews, on WFAN in June 2005, Rizzuto revealed that he was being treated with medical steroids, a topic he joked about.Early in 2006, he made his last public appearance to announce that he was putting much of his memorabilia up for auction, including his 1950 MVP plaque, to save his family the tax burden on its value.He had been in declining health for several years, and was living at a nursing home in West Orange, New Jersey for the last several months of his life...Rizzuto did not attend the annual Cooperstown reunions after 2004, or the annual New York Yankees Old Timers Day after 2005.Scooter, they just loved.The Sporting News chose Rizzuto as its top shortstop for four consecutive years (1949-1952)
Edited sentence: "  During one of his last interviews, on WFAN in June 2005, Rizzuto revealed that he was being treated with medical steroids."  Ty Cobb named the 'Scooter' and Stan Musial as "two of the few modern ball players who could hold their own among old timers.Early in 2006, frail, he made his last public appearance to announce that he was putting much of his memorabilia (including, unfortunately, his 1950 MVP Plaque).He had been in declining health for several years and was living at a nursing home in West Orange, New Jersey...When Rizzuto did not attend the annual Cooperstown reunion in 2005 and the annual New York Yankees Old Timers Day in 2006, questions were raised about his health