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Broadcaster Vin Scully says he will return to Dodgers next season
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Posted on 08/22/2010 11:26:29 AM PDT by Chet 99

And look who's coming back.

The Los Angeles Dodgers made some great news Sunday when 82-year-old TV broadcaster Vin Scully announced he plans to return for the 2011 season.

Phew.

The team's biggest asset aside from Dodger Stadium, Scully has been broadcasting games for 61 seasons. Fans of his can exhale now that Scully plans to make it 62.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 1988; 2fullofhimself; 2muchfarmerjohn; 2muchtack; 2muchtrivia; baseball; dodgers; goldenvoice; kirkgibson; losangeles; vinscully; vivavinny
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To: SevenofNine; nutmeg; EveningStar; Misterioso
IT come to a time in LA history that we going miss Vin Scully he is last of old school broadcaster

All I can say, Seven, is I'm glad that time has not come yet. Hallelujah!! When I came out of Mass and turned on my car radio, the press conference was in progress. It took a few minutes to figure out he was giving us the GOOD NEWS. Very good news and it makes perfect sense. He loves the game too much to leave it. What else would he do??!!

21 posted on 08/22/2010 1:23:16 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (islam is as islam does: http://blockthemosque.com/)
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To: historyrepeatz; Chet 99

BEST. DODGER. EVER.


22 posted on 08/22/2010 1:25:36 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (islam is as islam does: http://blockthemosque.com/)
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To: La Enchiladita

That one thing I miss when I was living in Fairbanks AK having Vin Scully call a game first spring training game that so true
It come to a time I think what LA Dodgers doing right now I try find when come to the time that when Vin Scully step down or died that they doing they got Charley Steiner foremely of ESPN NOW


23 posted on 08/22/2010 1:31:00 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: La Enchiladita

That one thing I miss when I was living in Fairbanks AK having Vin Scully call a game first spring training game that so true
It come to a time I think what LA Dodgers doing right now I try find when come to the time that when Vin Scully step down or died that they doing they got Charley Steiner foremely of ESPN NOW


24 posted on 08/22/2010 1:31:00 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Chet 99

25 posted on 08/22/2010 1:35:28 PM PDT by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality Now: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: Chet 99

Vin Scully doesn’t understand Troy Tulowitzki’s mullet.

http://deadspin.com/5616896/vin-scully-doesnt-understand-your-newfangled-haircut-troy-tulowitzki

I hope he goes until 100.


26 posted on 08/22/2010 1:36:19 PM PDT by sbMKE
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To: paulycy

M’wah!!


27 posted on 08/22/2010 1:44:41 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (islam is as islam does: http://blockthemosque.com/)
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To: La Enchiladita

I listened to Vin Scully every year until I turned 40 and left Los Angeles. He is unsurpassable.

I miss his voice as a regular part of my life.


28 posted on 08/22/2010 1:46:22 PM PDT by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality Now: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: paulycy

We have to do something about this so you can listen to him more often. I guess a satellite dish helps....???


29 posted on 08/22/2010 2:03:15 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (islam is as islam does: http://blockthemosque.com/)
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To: La Enchiladita

I suppose I could find him on internet radio but I don’t really follow baseball. I just like to hear his voice. Same with my so cal raised wife. Vinny is the best.

Did you know that he warms up by singing old broadway show tunes in his car as he drives to the stadium? (I guess he started that in an earlier era before it seemed gay...)


30 posted on 08/22/2010 2:08:18 PM PDT by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality Now: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Compared to what that neighborhood looks like today , the photo looks like it was taken on another planet .


31 posted on 08/22/2010 2:44:43 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Chet 99

Classic Vin Scully . Koufax’s perfect game .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uozLFsEPu8


32 posted on 08/22/2010 2:50:52 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Chet 99

This is great news. There’s little better than listening to Vin Scully call a game on a warm summer evening.


33 posted on 08/22/2010 2:55:34 PM PDT by MediaMole
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AWESOME NEWS. Vinnie is a legend here in Los Angeles..he is the last remaining one here since we lost Chicky many years ago. Keep on doing what you do best Vinnie!!

Don't forget Bob Miller of the Kings...but of course, Bob's only been there for 37 years (only), and came at the recommendation of Chick, who did the "words eye view" for 42 years. And Vin's finishing up number 62...a lot of years!

34 posted on 08/22/2010 5:44:40 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (Mike/Chris Wallace: Did you give in? Palin: "HELL NO!" 72 days til the midterms, if they're held..)
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To: Chet 99
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Still waiting for the pit bull part of the story.....

J/k Chet 99!!

35 posted on 08/22/2010 7:37:49 PM PDT by China Clipper (My favorite animals usually are found next to the rice on my plate.)
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To: La Enchiladita; SevenofNine; Dutchy; misterrob; big'ol_freeper; warsaw44; raccoonradio; ...
If you're not a Dodgers fan but still love baseball, then Scully, alone, is worth the price of MLB.TV or the Extra Innings package on cable or satellite TV.

Yup! We've had the Extra Innings package on our cable system for a few years now, and I go out of my way to watch a "Vin Scully game" (Or at least part of them, as west coast games tend to end VERY late here on the east coast, LOL) Just hearing Vin call a game (all by himself... no "color" guys needed) is well worth the price of the package, IMO.

Vin Scully is a national treasure. I pray that he continues to enjoy MANY more years of good health.

Thank you, La Enchiladita, for pinging me to the good news! :o)

36 posted on 08/23/2010 10:53:49 PM PDT by nutmeg (Another "smartass" for lower taxes)
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To: misterrob; ken5050; Clemenza
Clown? which one?

The chick who creamed herself when Roid Boy announced he was coming back or Smug Michael Kay?

Ugh, that would be Suzyn Waldman, probably one of the worst sportscasters on the planet, IMO. I'll never understand why the Yankees hired someone of her limited skills to co-broadcast Yankees games on WCBS and the Yankee radio network. She's truly awful.

37 posted on 08/23/2010 11:25:30 PM PDT by nutmeg (Another "smartass" for lower taxes)
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To: nutmeg

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38 posted on 08/24/2010 9:54:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: Chet; BenLurkin; Joe Boucher; Shady; RichInOC; GreenLanternCorps; SevenofNine; ken5050; ...
Rare Photos of Vin Scully

Unfortunately the pics go back to only 1964. Still a fair collection, though.

39 posted on 08/25/2010 3:16:58 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: nutmeg

Got tar, need feathers.

Sign of the year, great job.

GOD bless


40 posted on 08/25/2010 3:23:50 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Obammy is little more than a quota boy.)
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