boldbury otm, it is a crime
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:15 (sixteen years ago) link
vin scully is undeniably awesome.
― omar little, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 01:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, 100%. I hope he never shuts up ever.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Just don't like his style, can't stand the constant babble. Growing up with Kalas/Ashburn makes me appreciate moments of silence punctuated with insight rather than a constant stream of trivia and media guide factoids.
Would I rather have Scully than McCarver/Buck? Certainly! But he's nowhere near my prototypical announcer.
― zaxxon25, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 12:24 (sixteen years ago) link
vin's from radio days. you can't be silent on the radio.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 13:14 (sixteen years ago) link
zaxxon25 has a moustache?
"Vin Scully talks too much." — Dodgers second baseman Jeff Kent, on Vin Scully's argument that batting in front of Manny Ramirez was helping Kent.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers17-2008aug17,1,1324415.column
Other highlights:
"Scully is making the same point everyone else is making," I said. "He says the stats indicate you are having success hitting behind Ramirez -- tell me that isn't the case.""See my answer to the first question," said Kent, and sometimes you wonder if he sleeps with his bed against a wall forcing him to always wake up on the wrong side. "Listen, I'm so tired of talking about this stuff. It diminishes my whole career and all the hard work. I take it as an insult."
"See my answer to the first question," said Kent, and sometimes you wonder if he sleeps with his bed against a wall forcing him to always wake up on the wrong side. "Listen, I'm so tired of talking about this stuff. It diminishes my whole career and all the hard work. I take it as an insult."
And:
"I've been here four years and I have never seen Vin Scully down here in the clubhouse," Kent said. "How does Vin Scully know me? How does Vin Scully know Derek Lowe?"That prompted a whelp from Lowe, loud enough so maybe Scully might hear. "Don't get me in this one," he said. "Make it Brad Penny, or Russell Martin. Not me. I'm just sitting here watching the steeplechase. I'm not in this one."
That prompted a whelp from Lowe, loud enough so maybe Scully might hear. "Don't get me in this one," he said. "Make it Brad Penny, or Russell Martin. Not me. I'm just sitting here watching the steeplechase. I'm not in this one."
"Everyone says I'm hitting now because some guy says so on TV?"
Oh well, time to push all his buttons, Kent ranked No. 47 on the all-time RBI list only because they walked Barry Bonds ahead of him so often."You write too much," cracked Kent, who can be both funny and deadly serious in the same sentence."Where would you be without the opportunity in your career to hit behind Bonds and in front of Manny?"
"You write too much," cracked Kent, who can be both funny and deadly serious in the same sentence.
"Where would you be without the opportunity in your career to hit behind Bonds and in front of Manny?"
― Andy K, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 10:32 (fifteen years ago) link
in JK's defense, you still have to hit. And the effect of "protection" has appeared in studies to be negligible.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Also: it's TJ Simers.
― David R., Tuesday, 19 August 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah tj simers is probably the worst sportswriter in the world
― omar little, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
dude is always coming with some wack ass challops.
― carne asada, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
LA is blessed to have both TJ and Plaschke working in their fair city.
― David R., Tuesday, 19 August 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
this man is unmatched
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
let's get back to this one
― mookieproof, Sunday, 30 May 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
have now heard the history of several generations of cc sabathia's family
there was a reference to custer/the little big horn, but i didn't quite get the connection
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 June 2010 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
meanwhile I'm stuck with MMMMMMKay.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/sports/baseball/25scully.html
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/pulling-up-a-chair-with-the-great-vin-scully/
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 June 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
tonight scully mentioned that travis ishikawa's grandmother was a mail-order bride
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 July 2010 07:03 (thirteen years ago) link
"And they lived happily ever after." (!!!)
― Andy K, Thursday, 22 July 2010 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link
holy cultural differences, wayyyy different circumstances, it's called "picture bride". there's a great movie with the same name.
this is what happens when tokyo is leveled by firebombs, nagasaki/hiroshima are obliterated and many of japanese men aged 16-40 are killed while dug in the pacific islands.
kinda classless/insensitive way to put it imo. boo on vin.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 22 July 2010 13:05 (thirteen years ago) link
tonight's vin tidbit: this is the 857th consecutive game without rain at dodger stadium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KjF58a6V_s
― mookieproof, Friday, 23 July 2010 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-vin-scully-20100822,0,4307045.story
By T.J. SimersAugust 21, 2010|8:40 p.m.
Vin Scully, in the homes of fans here since 1958, said he will announce Sunday his future plans as they relate to the Dodgers.
He offered no hints on what they might be before sitting behind the microphone for Saturday night's game.
"I know what I am going to do and I would imagine the Dodgers will arrange things so an announcement can be made before [Sunday's] game,'' said Scully, who will be 83 before the start of next season. "I'd like to do that so everyone hears it at the same time. It's the proper way to do it.''
― Bee OK, Sunday, 22 August 2010 07:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Give him the World Series this year FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Joe Buck will mention Scully's retirement during one of the WS games, just after he plugs some football, while those jumping football robots are on the screen.
― Andy K, Sunday, 22 August 2010 11:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger-thoughts/post/_/id/7639/whew-hoo-vins-coming-back
― Jeff LeVine, Sunday, 22 August 2010 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
yay, hope i get to sit in Dodger Stadium w/ radio on next summer.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Baseball is better off having Vin in the game:
http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4646:vin-scully-announces-he-will-return-for-63rd-season-with-dodgers&catid=57:television&Itemid=122
― Bee OK, Sunday, 22 August 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
vin has gone off on an awesome tangent about batting gloves brought on by a pinch hit appearance by nate schierholtz
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah!
can't believe i've never heard that rizzuto rat story before
― Suicide Demo for Kemba Walker (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 2 April 2011 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
lol he went on for over 5 mins, so awesome
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 04:51 (thirteen years ago) link
have been listening to Vin with my dad tonight and have been talking about it, pretty special!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 2 April 2011 04:52 (thirteen years ago) link
really weird hearing him plug the mlb ipad app
― Suicide Demo for Kemba Walker (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 2 April 2011 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Dodgers had a great promo awhile back that was a mini radio tuned to their am station so you could take it to games.. Sadly you only get Vinny for 3 innings then it switches to Charlie Steiner and Rick Monday :(
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 2 April 2011 05:14 (thirteen years ago) link
just called kuroda inscrutable
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
i'ma let this slide
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 08:53 (twelve years ago) link
"Last night the American flag was blowing left to right. The state flag was blowing right to left. That was enough to confuse anybody."
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 May 2011 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
see: they were showing a picture of the flags which are around the center field area in Dodgers Stadium. they were both blowing in the same direction tonight.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 May 2011 04:18 (twelve years ago) link
"paul janish has no idea why the j in his name is pronounced like a y"
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
scully sounded a bit crotchety today, tho probably with good reason
pissed on various boneheaded nationals plays
"hitters in years past -- even as recently as twenty years ago -- hated to strike out. to them it was a humbling experience. (pause) not anymore."
he did rhapsodize on what an interesting man davey johnson is, though, and i believed him
― mookieproof, Sunday, 24 July 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
Vin is very anti strikeout. Mostly because they break up the opportunities for calling plays like hit and runs. He loves that stuff.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 25 July 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder how many active Dodger jerseys outsell SCULLY 62?
― you call it trollin' i call it steamrollin' (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 July 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
Dodgers are surveying fans about their announcers including Scully.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers-20110824,0,6043015,full.column
― Bee OK, Thursday, 25 August 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
some good news:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dodgers/2011/08/vin-scully-return-2012-season.html
― Bee OK, Saturday, 27 August 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
loved vin's incessant complaining about the LA heat in the early innings today - it was 90 degrees!
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 29 August 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
dodger stadium is always hotter than the temps outside. it was probably a comfy 100 in the stands..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
Some people die twice: once when they retire, and again when they actually pass away. Fear of the first one is a big incentive for me to keep working. Players, writers, people who work at the ballpark and front office, when I quit I know I'll never see them again. I've never been the type to come to the ballpark and hang out; I've gone to one game in the last 60 years that I wasn't working. I keep working because I don't want to lose my friends.
--scully, on not retiring ever
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 February 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
And this quip about having bad teeth through the years: "if I were to write my autobiography—which I will never do, by the way—I would title it, 'My Life in Dentistry.'"
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 February 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
100+ games this year
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/3/17/2880383/vin-scully-dodgers-broadcasts-2012
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 March 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
will not be going to denver tho
― mookieproof, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
he'll be fine w/ that
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 March 2012 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
I keep waiting for the announcement that he'll only do home games from now on. And thats cool with me.
― wolves in our wounds (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 19 March 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nAGR58P.png
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 September 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
omg
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 30 September 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
adieu
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/204697686/vin-scully-wraps-up-career-in-vintage-form/
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 13:47 (seven years ago) link
http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/10/01/204521626/vin-scully-told-willie-mays-you-were-always-my-favorite-player
awww
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 October 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
how much of Vin's last game do i need to watch?
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
i didn't catch it :(
― k3vin k., Monday, 3 October 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link
one of today's announced recipients of the Presidential Medal Of Freedom.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/801170791173758976
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 22:01 (seven years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ExGmx8p.jpg
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
90 today
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
big man ting
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
We know you all missed Opening Day as much as we did. In the meantime until we see you again soon, here’s a special message from someone who always makes us feel better. pic.twitter.com/Na3ea1bjMh— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 27, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 March 2020 22:33 (four years ago) link
He's all in for Twitter
Hello everyone! This is Vin Scully here. Delighted to join you on twitter. Have a great day! #VinScully pic.twitter.com/RKbSzCiWwq— Vin Scully (@TheVinScully) September 2, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/FloR9dBhZj— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2022
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 03:24 (one year ago) link
Rest well. Put him in the hall of fame.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 03:45 (one year ago) link
http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/p/the-sosg-vin-scully-repository.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 04:04 (one year ago) link
RIP, the best ever.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 04:27 (one year ago) link
Ironically, Dodgers are playing the Dodgers tonight and these stories tonight have been nice.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 04:37 (one year ago) link
*Giants
RIP to a big one
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 04:58 (one year ago) link
Vin Scully, during the third inning of last night's telecast:Time called. The dreaded beach ball has shown up on the track in right field.So Jeff Mathis will use the time and go out to talk to Jered Weaver.Jered Weaver, as a kid — Mike Butcher, the pitching coach, watching. Remember three years ago, Jered opened up his major league career and went nine-and-oh, tying the American League rookie record for a starting pitcher set by the great Whitey Ford of the Yankees back in 1950.All right, Jered bends at the knees and — wait, that's a joke. There's two, three beach balls.I've always been amazed — I remember we were so thrilled just to go to a ballgame — but how people can make plans."Let's go to the ballgame.""Yeah, do you have your beach ball?"Well, they do.All right, now we're ready, two balls and no strikes the count....And from the fifth inning:Time. And Mathis going out to the mound. Interesting now, every time the plate umpire orders time, I look for a beach ball. I mean, it's automatic. It's crazy.
Time called. The dreaded beach ball has shown up on the track in right field.So Jeff Mathis will use the time and go out to talk to Jered Weaver.
Jered Weaver, as a kid — Mike Butcher, the pitching coach, watching. Remember three years ago, Jered opened up his major league career and went nine-and-oh, tying the American League rookie record for a starting pitcher set by the great Whitey Ford of the Yankees back in 1950.
All right, Jered bends at the knees and — wait, that's a joke. There's two, three beach balls.
I've always been amazed — I remember we were so thrilled just to go to a ballgame — but how people can make plans.
"Let's go to the ballgame."
"Yeah, do you have your beach ball?"
Well, they do.
All right, now we're ready, two balls and no strikes the count....
And from the fifth inning:
Time. And Mathis going out to the mound. Interesting now, every time the plate umpire orders time, I look for a beach ball. I mean, it's automatic. It's crazy.
loool, vin scully otm
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 05:01 (one year ago) link
RIP. "What a career" doesn't come close to covering it.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 05:29 (one year ago) link
thread
https://t.co/y2xOmNMWmE— Daniel Brim (@DanielBrim) August 3, 2022
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 05:59 (one year ago) link
This 2014 profile is worth reading.https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2014/6/2/5764256/vin-scully-career-retrospective-dodgers-broadcaster-profile
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 08:00 (one year ago) link
From a biography of Philip Johnson I'm reading, talking about his Wiley House:
"'A small, contained temple in the landscape,' wrote Yale architectural historian Vincent Scully, then a rising star, in an influential essay that appeared in Art and America."
A small, contained temple in the landscape--you've got to say that in the voice.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 November 2022 15:21 (one year ago) link
<3
― estela, Monday, 21 November 2022 00:06 (one year ago) link
I don't see an embedded link on the thread...Never knew about this!
https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=COJakiUimwA
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 03:47 (one year ago) link
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=COJakiUimwA
No idea why that won't embed...anyway, Vin's CBS talk show w/Carroll O'Connor.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 03:48 (one year ago) link