Vin Scully is a true American Classic.
He’s the reason I pay good money for MLB.TV each year.
Scully is truly amazing. I’m a White Sox fan, but I have the MLB Extra Innings package, so come 10PM or so I’m often watching a Dodger game.
He does the games alone, and is absolutely on top, not only of every aspect of the game at hand (game situation, bench players avaialble, etc.), but of all facets of baseball: prospects, goings-on with other teams, rumor mills. It’s actually a little freakish.
I remember Harry Caray’s last few years - when he was a few years yonger than Scully - and sadly, he was somewhat of a joke. He was able to get away with it because he was larger than the game, really a unique character. But he had nothing like Scully’s encyclopedic understanding of major league baseball.
I hope the guy goes another 10 years!
Hank