Posted on 09/05/2013 12:54:31 PM PDT by EveningStar
Not necessarily. Scully, Caray, Buck and Enberg all double-dipped with television. They all made their names in radio, but could handle the television side with equal aplomb.
And that series a few weeks back between Boston and LA I enjoyed.
Best baseball broadcaster ever.
The comparison was in the sense that in the 50’s and 60’s a good announcer one had to be good at radio, that made them better TV announcers. I do not think the TV’s guys are as good today because TV makes their announcing ‘lazy’.
Scully is the greatest!
Of course this tidbit comes to us from a Giants fan. ☺
Having developed his play-by-play for a radio audience, Scully is finding it more difficult these days to trim his patter and trivia for his TV viewers. I watch every Dodger telecast and sometimes I weary of his non-stop delivery.
Greg?
(and I saw the smile).
Lifelong Dodger fan here. Saw them at the Coliseum as a kid, even momentarily had a Wally Moon HR ball, till a bigger kid won out!
Saw Koufax and Drysdale, Wills and Willie D., Garvey and Fernando. Also was at the game when Joe Ferguson stepped in front of 'no arm' Jimmy Wynn and made that throw to the plate. Went to that game with my mom and we sat in those temporary seats on the field that they installed for the WS.
Moved to 'Frisco' (they hate that) in '92.
I point the story out because it was plain old good baseball (as opposed to Bobby Thompson who cheated!!): the scout studied Eck, knew his set up pitches and told Gibbie: Full count look for low and away.
The only good thing I can say about the Giants is they have a good stadium, one ruined by obnoxious fans (yes, I know some hoods at Dodger stadium almost killed a guy). Bad things do happen to good people.
That voice brings back memories of my youth.
Right on!! Great choice.
Last time I went to the Rose Parade was the year 2000. Bob Hope was supposed to be the Grand Marshal that year but had to cancel at the last minute — I think he was in his 90s by then. Instead, there was a car with a loudspeaker on top blasting Bob Hope performances at military events and a large photo of Bob Hope and that’s what served as Grand Marshal.
My dad had died that year and Perdue was finally playing in the Rose Bowl for the first time since the 50s — and dad was a Perdue graduate. So it was very sad for us.
Nice. As a University of Washington Husky, I look forward to seeing Vince when we win the Rose Bowl this year. (Bite me Oregon and Stanford)
Very, very cool indeed.
Calling Sandy Koufax perfect game 48 years ago:
September 9, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uozLFsEPu8
Having had about thirty years’ experience in media myself including a lot of behind the microphone time, these are interesting takes.
Scully is one of those rare birds in the business, a broadcaster who prefers to work alone. That’s good, because with his status he’d completely overshadow just about any partner they could give him. While he does fill a broadcast, he also knows when to simply be quiet, as he did with Yasiel Puig’s early grand slam right after he got called up.
And yes, the TV generation has given us a host of broadcasters who are more interested in persona than in substance. Not that radio didn’t before that, but the likes of Vin Scully, we aren’t likely to see again.
All I know is when the Dodgers are on MLB Network and they pick up Scully’s broadcast, it’s on my TV or my DVR.
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