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RIP Vin Scully - BostonCard - 08-02-2022
I know he was a Dodger, but the man was a legend. May his memory be a blessing.
[tweet]https://twitter.com/dodgers/status/1554667166351253506?s=21&t=p3hRYHLuNpsMKxQsWbvi0w[/tweet]
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RE: RIP Vin Scully - BobK - 08-02-2022
A legend for sure. Another great one passing
RE: RIP Vin Scully - Spiny_Norman - 08-02-2022
A Hall of Fame broadcaster and a Hall of Fame person. He may be the most universally loved person I know here in LA, more than any other sports, entertainment, or political figure. His memory will certainly always be a blessing. Enjoy his final words in the broadcast booth. He has a message for all of us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZxRpKiNswM&t=154s
RE: RIP Vin Scully - Spiny_Norman - 08-02-2022
49ers fans might remember that Vin Scully called the 1981 NFL Championship game, including this indelible moment.
[twitter]https://twitter.com/49ers/status/1554688226371088384[/twitter]
RE: RIP Vin Scully - BobK - 08-03-2022
I saw on TV but I've watched Vin call it also.
And look who’s coming up
https://youtu.be/N4nwMDZYXTI
Incredible moment the perfect call by Vin
And look who’s coming up
https://youtu.be/N4nwMDZYXTI
Incredible moment the perfect call by Vin
RE: RIP Vin Scully - gailtate - 08-03-2022
(08-03-2022, 05:47 AM)BobK Wrote: I saw on TV but I've watched Vin call it also.
And look who’s coming up
https://youtu.be/N4nwMDZYXTI
Incredible moment the perfect call by Vin
And look who’s coming up
https://youtu.be/N4nwMDZYXTI
Incredible moment the perfect call by Vin
The perpetual dagger in the hearts of A's fans (I am one -- still, for me Scully will always be the voice of baseball. And A Voice for All Seasons.
RE: RIP Vin Scully - BobK - 08-03-2022
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1554668512920076289?s=21&t=pXc-FDxNkvFTN11kLm7QFA
And more
RE: RIP Vin Scully - Phogge - 08-03-2022
Hopefully my one run in with him was an aberration.
RE: RIP Vin Scully - oldalum - 08-04-2022
(08-03-2022, 07:10 AM)Phogge Wrote: Hopefully my one run in with him was an aberration.for him or for you?
:) :) :) (sorry, that set-up was too perfect for me to resist!)
RE: RIP Vin Scully - Phogge - 08-04-2022
He was extremely rude when he didn't have to be after 2/3 of the staff and roster eagerly cooperated. I respect a "no" to a request (except when my crew was with Mike Wallace on an ambush) but not one so vicious.
Bonds was much worse, even if you weren't shooting him.
RE: RIP Vin Scully - gailtate - 08-04-2022
(08-04-2022, 09:18 AM)Phogge Wrote: He was extremely rude when he didn't have to be after 2/3 of the staff and roster eagerly cooperated. I respect a "no" to a request (except when my crew was with Mike Wallace on an ambush) but not one so vicious.
Bonds was much worse, even if you weren't shooting him.
Apropos of nothing, but until I read Howard Bryant's bio of Rickey Henderson, I had no idea that Billy Martin was such a world-class, vindictive a-hole. I mean I knew he had the reputation of being a jerk and a nasty drunk, but he took it to a whole other level.
RE: RIP Vin Scully - Phogge - 08-04-2022
Took it out on writers just starting to cover MLB. Saw it happen.
RE: RIP Vin Scully - Maple Leaf - 08-05-2022
Keith Jackson a class act, especially when he declined to broadcast the usc-ucla game which was the abc game of the week on the west coast over the Stanford-Cal game back in 1999, in which a Stanford win sent the Cards to the Rose Bowl. Plus, I think one of his kids attended Stanford.
RE: RIP Vin Scully - CardinalSagehen - 08-05-2022
My youth was spent with Lon Simmons and Bill King on a transistor radio. I definitely appreciated Scully, too. You could often get Dodger games on the AM radio all the way up here in the Bay Area, and I had nothing else to do in the summers back then, so I listened once in a while. Sadly, they have all passed.
With the proliferation of media choices and television, the role of the baseball radio announcer has diminished. I don't think people will ever have the same kind of relationship with baseball announcers as they once did.
We are lucky to have great announcers for the Giants, although I never listen anymore. Jon Miller is the best announcer still around and one of the best ever. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Miller flattered Scully frequently and hilariously. These get me every time.
https://youtu.be/YIjObXjbjck
https://youtu.be/Sqe8uq9BWVc
https://youtu.be/_sIMtyYNTgI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBwLb1zFrY