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“On Saturdays, when the Dodgers are in town, Father Raymond makes a short drive to the stadium to celebrate Mass for staff and players.
Players like Loretta, along with Andre Ethier and Juan Pierre, take turns as lector. There are other famous regulars among the Dodger congregation, too, including noted sportscaster Vin Scully... For those needing the sacrament of reconciliation, Father Raymond is there for that as well.”
From here: http://204.144.14.20/x22062.xml
Dodgers winning ping....
I used to listen to Vince Scully when he broadcast for WFUV (Fordham)
Some information:
Brooklyn Dodgers in Their Original Voices Paperback
by Vince Scully (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Dodgers-Their-Original-Voices/dp/0966418107
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=vince+scully+brooklyn&qpvt=vince+scully+brooklyn&FORM=IQFRML
Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vince Scully
Red Barber overheard young Scully on the Fordham radio station, and the rest was history.
1950 Giants-Dodgers 4/22
Called by Red Barber and Connie Desmond
Brooklyn comes back from a 5-1 deficit to win the game in the eighth inning.
NY N 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 6 8
BRO N 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 x - 7 7
George Alvin Helfer (26 September 1911 - 16 May 1975) was an American radio sportscaster.
Nicknamed “Mr. Radio Baseball”, Helfer worked six World Series, ten All-Star Games, and regular season broadcasts for several teams (among them the New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers and Oakland Athletics) and the Mutual network
Helfer was reunited with Barber (who often addressed him on-air as “Brother Al”) on the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcasts in 1939. They worked together until 1941,
He rejoined the Dodgers for their last years in Brooklyn,
I heard them all.