Vin Scully: Simply the Best
Jack Dunphy ·
August 12, 2012 at 11:21pm
While attending Mass this morning I looked over and was delighted to see Vin Scully, longtime radio and television announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers. I grew up with the Dodgers, which means I also grew up with Scully, who for me was nothing less than the voice of summer and all that was good.
Click here for a clip of Vinnie at his best, calling the last three outs of Sandy Koufax's perfect game against the Cubs on Sept. 9, 1965. Ah, what memories. Thank you, Mr. Scully, for brightening my morning, and my life.
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Apr '11
Re: Vin Scully: Simply the Best
Jack, I agree 100%. There's Vin Scully, and then there's everyone else. My favorite Scully quote is "He's listed as day to day, but then aren't we all?"
Jul '12
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I grew up in Southern Callifornia in the late '50s and distinctly and very fondly remember Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett call the Dodgers games on the radio. All that was good, indeed.
Jul '12
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Agreed, Scully is the best. Jon Miller ain't too shabby though...
May '10
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Growing up a Reds fan in the 1970's, Vinnie is the only part of the Dodgers I admire. He is part of a disappearing breed, of voices that are exclusively identified with one team or one community. The state of Ohio has been blessed in that regard as baseball fans here are bookended by Hall-of-Famer Marty Brennaman and a future one in Tom Hamilton.
Mar '11
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Vin Scully IS baseball.
Jul '12
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I could listen to Vin read the phone book. What will we ever do without him? When he's gone baseball will never be the same for me.
Aug '10
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Thank goodness the Dodgers were blessed with new ownership again and have made it safe to be a fan again. I, too, grew up in LA listening to Vin call games; we are all blessed that he's still there calling games with the new owners that have certainly committed to putting a winner on the field.
It's a signal to us all that Vinnie doesn't travel outside of CA to call games anymore that time is growing short. Let's all enjoy it while we can; I know that I am.
Vin, thank you for all the memories and stick around for awhile longer.
Mar '12
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As a big Giants fan and, of course, Dodger-hater, I agree completely that Vin is a class act, a wonderful announcer and great ambassador for the game of baseball. Despite the LA-SF rivalry, the Giants announcers revere Vin Scully and go out of their way to show him the respect he's due, and I've always liked that. Glad he brightened your day, Jack.
Jun '10
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I have always hated the Dodgers (don't ask why--it's completely irrational), so it has always irked me that they have the greatest play-by-play guy ever. I get the impression he's as good a guy as he is an announcer.
May '11
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There is something about the comfortable resonance of a familiar voice broadcasting baseball that is unlike any other memory. For me, Skip Carey, and the professor, Pete VanWieren broadcasting the Atlanta Braves games were the sounds of summer and a bridge back to the joys of childhood. I still enjoy listening to the radio broadcasts today, but boy, do I miss those guys.
Jun '12
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That is simply awesome.
Jul '10
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Why is it that listening to a baseball game is so much better than watching it on TV? Because a really good announcer - like Vin Scully - makes the game truly exciting. In fact so many of us, when TV became available, would turn off the sound and turn on the radio and listen to Bob Prince with the Pirates. "Open the window, Aunt Minnie. Here it comes." (Actually, Rosey Rowswell.)
Apr '12
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Vin Scully is the greatest, but the Milwaukee Brewers' own Bob Uecker has been the Voice of the Brewers since 1971 ("get up , get up, get outta heeeere...GONE"!), and is no less an icon in the small Milwaukee market that Scully is in the huge LA market. They are both treasures.
Jan '11
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Vin Scully is a pure voice, and we need more of them.
When I was a kid, my grandmother owned a house in Margate, NJ. We lived just outside of Philly. Friday nights, after dad came home from work, we'd get on the road for the Jersey Shore at just about the same time as the Phillies game would start. Hearing the Phillies game over the radio on the way down the shore ... especially when the salt air drifted in just as we were arriving in Margate ... well that was just heaven.
When I was very young, the Phillies had a fellow named Byrum Saam as the announcer, who had a wonderful deep voice. In the early 1970s, they turned the mike over to Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn. Great voices, great rhythm. For years, that was a Philadelphia ritual more important than cheesesteaks or soft pretzels.
Something about baseball and radio.
Dec '10
Re: Vin Scully: Simply the Best
The thing I find the most amazing about Vin is that he's been broadcasting for the Dodgers since 1950. Think about that. He was broadcasting plays for the Brooklyn Dodgers from Ebbets Field for years before they came here to L.A. So for me he is a direct connection back to a time in baseball many of us have only heard about. And if you flip on KABC today, you can still hear him doing the games. That is amazing.
Dec '11
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Great post, but growing up in the Motor City, I gotta give my props to Ernie Harwell as well.