Vin Scully Passes Away at 94
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That Gibson HR is one of the last great calls on a national level.
RIP to the GOAT. Vin was the best. Nobody will ever come close.
Admittedly didn't listen to a whole lot of Dodgers games so no personal memories listening to Vin, but it's really cool to read all the tweets with stories and hear his iconic calls. There truly will never be anyone close to his level
Simply the best announcer across all eras and across all sports
There is no one who's ever been better.
God now has a solid play by play man
There is no one who's ever been better.
God now has a solid play by play man
One of the greats. I heard him broadcast Dodger games when I had MLB TV in the 2010's. I liked how he would stay in the game (not go off on some side issue) and tell a story about each player (inform), not just the stars of the day--a model that national broadcasters (e.g., ESPN, Fox) do not follow now even while they'll laud Scully to the moon. His broadcasts were intelligent and positive.
Vin Scully, Voice of the Dodgers for 67 Years, Dies at 94 (Published 2022)
The team has had many great players since World War II, but it was Mr. Scully, a gifted storyteller and a master of the graceful phrase, who became the enduring face of the franchise.
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After graduating in 1949, Mr. Scully worked as a fill-in at WTOP, the CBS affiliate in Washington, broadcasting sports, news and weather. On a visit to the CBS offices in New York that July he was introduced to [Red] Barber, who was in charge of sports for CBS Radio in addition to broadcasting Dodger games.
When Ernie Harwell, one of Barber’s partners on Dodger broadcasts, was reassigned from broadcasting a Boston University-Maryland football game at Fenway Park on the afternoon of Nov. 12, 1949, Mr. Barber checked WTOP for references on Mr. Scully and, satisfied with what he learned, assigned him to do the game in Boston.
Mr. Scully got the news from his mother.
“I came home to our apartment one day in New York,” he remembered. “She was so excited and flustered. She said, ‘You’ll never guess who called — Red Skelton!’ And I said, ‘No, you must mean Red Barber.’”
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A few years ago, I obtained a DVD of Don Larson's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, remastered from the kinescope film recordings of the original TV broadcast.
Guess who the announcers were. Vin Scully and Mel Allen. 1956. That's how far back the memories of Vin Scully go. He was truly a legend.
BTW, Rare Sports Films is a wonderful source for DVDs of historic sports events that date from the film era.
Guess who the announcers were. Vin Scully and Mel Allen. 1956. That's how far back the memories of Vin Scully go. He was truly a legend.
BTW, Rare Sports Films is a wonderful source for DVDs of historic sports events that date from the film era.
This was another one of my favorites. I was too young to remember it, but it's one of those classic moments when you can't hear anyone else's voice.
Dang...I mean...94 years old but it just feels like one of a kind has left us! That voice felt like it should be here forever...
As a lifelong (well, since I was about nine years old) fan of Bill Buckner, this clip is the only time I could ever dislike the voice of the great Vin Scully, sigh.