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Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola . i bet they could make an 18 inning game interesting.
Best baseball call ever
The best call ever was probably when the US Hockey Team won the US Gold in 1980
"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!!!!"
Man, I’m still not over it… I see some other tribute or story and it all comes back again…
Next I’m laughing at another sublimely funny moment… like when he said about Coors Field in Denver "You don't need an official scorer at Coors Field. You need a certified public accountant."
He once called a a slow runner “…as fast as a file cabinet”
Even as I fell away from baseball due to several labor stoppages and the steroid era, I’d occasionally catch a game or call and it’d all come back.
I’ve said before and I’ll say again, when growing up, baseball was everything to me. As I grew and developed a conscience, the voice of my conscience wasn’t Jimmy Cricket… it was Vin Scully.
Maybe that’s why it’s so hard… also knowing we shared similar losses (he also lost a child) and how gracefully he handled himself… his humility and sense of humor never left me even as I drifted away from baseball…
He was truly one of a kind
Some may never understand the effect he had on his younger listeners. I grew up in an abusive atmosphere, and VS felt like the father figure everyones imagination might pose as ideal, ... he was fair, kindly, sympathetic, articulate, loyal & honest, all while supporting a favored local organization. jmo.
Beautifully described.My first love was baseball… growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, the Dodgers were everything.
To my kid ears, Vin Scully was a wizard transporting me to that most magical and sacred place, Dodger Stadium, using poetic incantations to paint pictures in my mind.
When I first went to Dodger Stadium, it truly felt like a holy place. When the game started, something was missing. The game felt off… I couldn’t hear Mr Scully. I went to the concourse and hearing him made everything all right.
There are very few voices I can still hear crystal clear in my head… boils down to two… Vin Scully and Chick Hearn… Vin Scully was aptly described as the poet laureate of the Dodgers and no better description could there be…
Part of me is a kid in 1977, riding my bike with the transistor radio I got for Christmas listening to Vin Scully, the warm spring Southern California sun on my face tell me, “It’s time for Dodger baseball!”
Even as I cry, I try to remember and celebrate that moment… that beautiful, perfect moment
RIP Vin Scully… RIP