Posted on 04/24/2020 10:04:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Scully, 92, called Dodgers games for 67 seasons, spanning 13 National League pennants, six World Series championships, and a move across the country. He began in 1950 when the team was in Brooklyn. He retired at the end of the 2016 season after 59 years in Los Angeles.
Vin Scully took a fall in his home on Tuesday afternoon. He is hospitalized and is resting comfortably.
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OMG! 92!
One of the all-time greats. A true pro.
Get well soon, Vin.
God bless him. What a talent.
His call in the 1986 World Series.... Awesome.
I first got to know his voice in 1960 when he announced Dodger games over KFI.
Didn’t even know he was still around, good for him. Though I don’t envy being 92 and in a hospital as things are today.
Man is a legend - and not just locally.
He is truly one of the great baseball personalities of all time. He ranks with the Babe, Willie, Casey and Yogi.
One of my very earliest memories is hearing my mother’s radio blasting the Dodger’s games with Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett. She was always a sports fan. I’m sure she was one of the first to greet Kobe Bryant in heaven. What a fan. Never missed a game, to her dying day.
Hang in there Vin. God help us if you die in the hospital. They would record the cause as corona-virus.
I remember when Vin Scully called NFL games for a couple of seasons back about 1983. He was great at calling football too.
Fox used to have a show called The Best Damn Sports Show, Period.
Scully told his bosses he would refuse to read promos for it.
“When I came up in this business I was trained that you never say hell or damn on the air. And I’m not going to start now.”
Pure class.
Vin’s the greatest.
“When I came up in this business I was trained that you never say hell or damn on the air. And I’m not going to start now.”
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I hope that wasn’t from an on air interview.
:D
Just wait. The COVID pirates will be snatching his illness to add to their data.
He also was the announcer for “The Catch” game, NFC Championship, 49er’s over Dallas.
Man is a legend - and not just locally.
People remember his call of Gibson’s game-winning home run in the World Series, but I liked his call of Koufax’s perfect game even better. He could fill every bit of space in his broadcast, but he also knew when to say nothing.
Listening to sports radio in LA we were blessed with: Vinnnie, Chick Hearn and Jim Healy (his 5:45 show was the best, just Kingman or Bevaqua)
Vin had a technique where he would VERY frequently state the score of the game. He said that people tuned in not to hear him, but to hear the score. He was a great announcer, but he also knew the game made him great.
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