Scooter's Clearance Sale

WHEN IT'S TIME to relocate, most people have a garage sale to unload things they don't want to pack. When you're the oldest living Hall of Famer, downsizing is a more formal operation. Earlier this year ex-- Yankees shortstop and broadcaster Phil Rizzuto , 89, anticipating a move from New Jersey to his daughter's home in upstate New York , decided to sell the memorabilia he collected since breaking into the bigs in 1941. The trove--more than 200 items--was auctioned last week by Geppi's Memorabilia Road Show, an online dealer. Among the treasures: Rizzuto's 1950 AL MVP award, which went for $175,000; three World Series rings (a total of $84,825); a game-worn Yankees cap with a 56-year-old wad of gum still stuck to the crown ($8,190); and a platinum record honoring Meatloaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Light, for which Rizzuto did a mock play-by-play call ($7,000). Rizzuto, who is in frail health and is in a rehabilitation home in West Orange , N.J. , donated a portion of the proceeds to St. Joseph's School for the Blind in Jersey City .