I Love Vin Scully

that is amazing, he must be having a blast with this years team.

"I have thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of this season, and there is no way I could leave this truly remarkable team and our great fans," Scully said. "With my wife Sandi's blessing, I've decided I'd like to come back and do it again next season. I love what the new ownership has brought to the team, and the energy provided by the fans, who have packed renovated Dodger Stadium. It reminds me that other than being home with my family, there is no place else I'd rather be."

on radio for 6 innings of every Dodger playoff game

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/9/23/4764380/vin-scully-los-angeles-dodgers-mlb-playoffs-2013

watching the Dodger Giants game.

9/25/2013

they play a song up here, it's a very catchy son "Bye-Bye, Baby!" which was the home run call by Russ Hodges who was the voice of the New York Giants who broadcast the Bobby Thomson home run and went almost hysterical when Booby's home run beat the Dodgers in the Playoff and then, of course. Russ came out and was a tremendous favorite here and while they were playing that song i couldn't help but think...i remember standing in Russ Hodges kitchen with Ernie Harwell and the three of us were singing "Harmony". Never thought about it really until just right now listening to "Bye-Bye, Baby!" and of course Russ will never be forgotten up here or in New York as well.

the best

of any sport

came across thie tonight:
http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/2013/09/29/q-and-a-scully-on-mccain-champange-and-really-how-can-you-complain-about-wanting-to-come-back/

Q: Speaking of more nonsense, what about the reaction to the Dodgers players who jumped into the pool in Arizona?
A: I’ll be honest: I sat in the booth and watched after they won. I had no knowledge about it until people told me, and I didn’t give it a thought. The park was empty. What’s the difference?
The thing that really concerned me was when Senator McCain made his remarks about it. With all the troubles going on in this world, where we are relying on his judgment and ability to maintain relationships, staying calm . . . the only thing I could think of was as a politician forever trying to please his constituents, perhaps he responded so he could say, ‘See, I’m one of you. I’m mad too.’ It still concerned me that a man of such high authority and overwhelming responsibilities in this mad-house world could possibly make the statement he made. It was shocking. If that’s his best judgment, to say that (via Twitter), then I’m really scared.

I hafta say McCain has scared me more previously.

"Puig is always thinking about the next base, the way the horse is thinking about the next bucket of oats."

omg that vin quote about mccain. pretty positive vin voted for him too. dude is an every sunday church attending catholic.

which equals crazy right-winger, huh
*smash my head against the punk rock*

vin scully pumpkin stencil

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bc_I75LCYAAJZ1k.jpg

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3792671/vinscully2014dwi.gif

if not for the golden dye job Scully would be a dead ringer for the middle lemonparty.org guy.

scully will go to australia for the dodgers' opener!

thats amazing considering houston is too far for him to travel during the regular season

sydney > houston

midseason form: 'he who hesitates, strikes out. so, tuiasosopo and all his syllables go back to the dugout.'

<3

February!

http://i.imgur.com/rGGAQYK.jpg

god damn you mookie beating me to the trigger all the time

Vin had no idea where Trumbo's misjudged ball was, I hope his eyes are OK.

"A little tremor in the ball park," Vin Scully said. "I am not sure if the folks felt it, but we certainly felt it here." The quake occurred during the 6th inning.

i love how when i read vin scully quotes i can hear his marvellous voice in my ear.

video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/29/vin-scully-earthquake-la_n_5053652.html

i love how when i read vin scully quotes i can hear his marvellous voice in my ear.

― estela, Saturday, March 29, 2014 12:05 AM (21 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ otm.

"He who hesitates, strikes out. So, Tuiasosopo and all his syllables go back to the dugout" has been stuck in my head like a melody this month, just from reading it here.

@VinScullyTweet
Vin Scully on A.J. Burnett: "He's a very colorful character, apparently. When he was with the Marlins, they put a nickname on him: Satan."

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/4/22/5641490/vin-scully-hot-spit-take-adolf-hitler

http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/05/09/74877964/vin-scully-calls-little-girls-dance-moves

http://www.truebluela.com/2014/5/13/5714196/vin-scully-mike-redmond-nude-batting-practice

"While he was playing for the Marlins in 2003, the team was in Cincinnati, a long and losing road trip," Scully explained. "The Marlins had just fired their manager and after a team meeting, in a rather somber and sleepy clubhouse the morning of an early game, Redmond headed to the indoor batting cages wearing nothing but his shoes, socks and batting gloves. That's all."

http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2014/6/2/5764256/vin-scully-career-retrospective-dodgers-broadcaster-profile

great profile.. the part about vin being a bridge to the past is great. during the dodgers 50th anniversary in LA in 08 they broadcast a game when after every inning they would update the production value of the broadcast.. basically the first inning was the 50s - black and white, one camera, no graphics, etc etc and throughout the game he'd comment on the evolution of the broadcast and would gradually integrate more cameras and angles, zoom, color and eventually graphics. it was a real treat.

Heaven Is Vin Scully Narrating a No-Hitter

m.mlb.com/video/v33858345/listen-back-at-scullys-best-calls-in-kershaws-nono

♥

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v34578965/mlb-productions-vin-scully-opens-the-1985-asg

featuring bonus willie mcgee content

Did a double-take at Fisk leading the league in HR, but he actually hit 37 that year.

top 3 in the AL that season were darrell evans, fisk, and balboni

Old, older, and bye-bye.

will return for a 66th season!

http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-dodgers-vin-scully-return-20140729-story.html

tonight:

'do you remember that fourth of july game in atlanta in 1985? the new york mets were in town, and like many clubs, the braves had scheduled fireworks following the game. but the game went 19 innings and didn't end until nearly four in the morning. true to their word, and even though there were only about a hundred people left in the stands, the braves set off their fireworks anyway, which didn't make their neighbors too happy.

'lost in all the hubbub was the fact that keith hernandez had hit for the cycle in the game. and that was the last time anyone hit for the cycle against the braves.

'the last dodger to do it was orlando hudson -- the o-dog.

'now here's puig, who is 4-for-4 with a triple, a double and a pair of singles tonight . . .'

A friend just posted this on his page: the starting lineup for Scully's first game (April 18, 1950):

1. Pee Wee Reese, ss
2. George Shuba, lf
3. Duke Snider, cf
4. Jackie Robinson, 2b
5. Carl Furillo, rf
6. Gil Hodges, 1b
7. Bobby Morgan, 3b
8. Roy Campanella, c
9. Don Newcombe, p

(Surprised seeing Robinson at clean-up--my assumption would have been Snider, Campanella, or Hodges.)

Robinson had been third in slugging in the league in '49, behind Kiner and Musial.

Wasn't an occasional thing, either, it turns out. Looking at this Baseball Reference page, he had about 3,000 PA batting clean-up, 1,200 hitting second, 800 in the #3 spot, and only 100 leading off. How many teams have ever had their best base stealer hitting clean-up?

You could win a lot of bets on that. Believe me, I'm not saying he shouldn't have been there, I just assumed either third (best hitter) or lead-off.

https://www.change.org/petitions/mlb-have-vin-scully-announce-the-all-star-game-and-world-series-in-2015

i would sign that but this is a FOX decision and not MLB's.

"The initials are A.J. Pollock. His name is Allen Lorenz IV. How they get the J is ... well, only he would know." -- Scully

awful

http://www.dodgersblueheaven.com/2014/02/vin-scully-told-story-of-day-he-wore.html?m=1