Thank you Vin

[doug.goodman]

Legend.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Legend.

Ugh. Grew up listening to him on a transistor radio. RIP.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Ugh. Grew up listening to him on a transistor radio. RIP.

I did the same. Living 100 miles north of Candlestick, often the best reception of the Vegas station (the only one I could get) was in the middle of the street in front of our house. I used to lay in the street with a pillow. The local police would ask the score as they drove around me on their nightly rounds.

[Kenny Cole]

I grew up in Temple City, south of LA. He, Jerry Doggett and Ross Porter were my guys every Saturday. I guess I got spoiled by listening to the very best, because its hard for me to listen to some of the talking heads who announce today. RIP Vin. You were head and shoulders better than the rest.

[perezfan]

I vividly remember being a Reds Fan living in SoCal, and going to Dodger games in the 1970s. Vinnie's voice would reverberate throughout Dodger Stadium from portable radios on all sides.

It wasn't enough just to see the game.... Vin's voice was needed to complete the Dodger experience.

[JimmyC]

The best ever - hands down - 67 years behind the mic….class act…

We need more Vince Scullys in this world….

RIP Vince….

[Casey2296]

I can hear him now.

"It's time for Dodger baseball! Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant, good afternoon to you, wherever you may be."

Class act, they don't make em like that anymore. RIP Mr Scully, from a diehard Giants fan.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Ugh. Grew up listening to him on a transistor radio. RIP.

I grew up on the East Coast, but man those countless nights with the little transistor radio, listening to Senators and sometimes Orioles games and once in a while you'd pick up some superstation from FAR away. I'm not sure baseball will ever mean as much to the newer generations but maybe that's wrong, I hope so.

[GasHouseGang]

67 Years of calling Dodger games. Amazing. He had a great long life and will be remembered for many famous calls.

[Peter_Spaeth]

"It’s a high drive into deep left center field. (Bill) Buckner goes back to the fence … It is gone. …


"What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.

"A black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. And it is a great moment for all of us, and particularly for Henry Aaron, who was met at home plate, not only by every member of the Braves, but by his father and mother.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

"It’s a high drive into deep left center field. (Bill) Buckner goes back to the fence … It is gone. …


"What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.

"A black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. And it is a great moment for all of us, and particularly for Henry Aaron, who was met at home plate, not only by every member of the Braves, but by his father and mother.

One of the greatest calls of all time as much for Vin knowing when to speak and when to let the sounds of the game wash over the audience. Another great call, Koufax's perfecto:

“On the scoreboard in right field, it is 9:46 p.m. in the City of the Angels, Los Angeles, California. And a crowd of 29,139 just sitting in to see the only pitcher in baseball history to hurl four no-hit, no-run games. He has done it four straight years, and now he capped it: On his fourth no-hitter he made it a perfect game. And Sandy Koufax, whose name will always remind you of strikeouts, did it with a flourish. He struck out the last six consecutive batters. So when he wrote his name in capital letters in the record books, that ‘K’ stands out even more than the O-U-F-A-X.”

Robert Creamer on Scully in 1964: “...as much a part of the Los Angeles scene as the freeways and the smog. When a game is on the air, the physical presence of his voice is overwhelming. His pleasantly nasal baritone comes out of radios on the back counters of orange juice stands, from transistors held by people sitting under trees, in barber shops and bars, and from cars everywhere — parked cars, cars waiting for red lights to turn green, cars passing you at 65 on the freeways, cars edging along next to you in rush-hour traffic jams.”

I was here early enough to recall hearing his voice pouring out of transistor radios at the stadium. Dodger baseball was narrated, not just watched, when you sat in Chavez Ravine.

RIP Vin. His greeting personified the man's grace and class:

“Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be.”



The City of Angels cries today.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Little roller up along first.

No, even now, I can't do it.

[rsdill2]

To date, Vin Scully has been in the announcers booth for 4.75% of every MLB game that has ever been played.


218,400 MLB games. He called 10,385

H/t Ryan Spaeder

[TMKenKen]

Later night games on my midwest transitor growing up. Baseball at its best, from the East to the West Coast. Even laerned some Spanish with the Yanks who I hated. But Vin always the best. He painted a picture like no other.

Even in the Love of the Game, 95% adlibbed. Perfect.

The best of all time -- bar none in my opinion.

Gone...God I am getting old!!