We are now without the best..........

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story...adcaster-dies-age-94

I haven't followed MLB baseball in a couple years now, and I've never been a Dodgers fan, but oh, how great it was to listen to Vin Scully call a game. I once heard him described as the voice of Summer.

Excerpt from the above article:

As the longest-tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history, Scully saw it all and called it all. He began in the 1950s era of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson, on to the 1960s with Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, into the 1970s with Steve Garvey and Don Sutton, and through the 1980s with Orel Hershiser and Fernando Valenzuela. In the 1990s, it was Mike Piazza and Hideo Nomo, followed by Clayton Kershaw, Manny Ramirez and Yasiel Puig in the 21st century.

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The Dodgers changed players, managers, executives, owners -- and even coasts -- but Scully and his soothing, insightful style remained a constant for the fans.

He opened broadcasts with the familiar greeting, "Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be."

Ever gracious both in person and on the air, Scully considered himself merely a conduit between the game and the fans.


He was a part of one of my favorite calls ever in baseball, and made this special moment that much more memorable. 1988 World Series Game 1.

What a voice and what a man. He embodied the best of what baseball once was.

Vin Scully, sir, you will be missed... and thanks for the memories.

@ 10 minute video


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N4nwMDZYXTI

Growing up, Mom and Dad were diehard Dodger fans. Whenever a game was on, the radio was on, with Vin Scully. I'll never forget that voice.

Thanks for the good times; you'll be missed.

I remember my grandpa listening to Vin on his transistor radio 50 years ago. Such an ambassador to baseball.

Echoing MDS, I haven’t been watching MLB for years either, and was never a Dodgers fan, but…I was a National League fan, and I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t a Vin Scully fan. We’ve all seen the Gibson home run and his fist pumping run around the bases; it was so great to watch the entire at bat. So many baseball memories seeing the names on the backs of the jerseys and hearing Scully’s golden voice. This, to me, is a significant passing from my life; I already hate that he’s gone. Who was Scully’s color man in the ‘88 Series?

Growing up I was a Dodgers fan and when I went to school there I tried to hit up the games

He was a great painter with his voice

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Originally posted by TMats:
Who was Scully’s color man in the ‘88 Series?

Joe Garagiola.

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Originally posted by Modern Day Savage:

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Originally posted by TMats:
Who was Scully’s color man in the ‘88 Series?

Joe Garagiola.

Should’ve known. I guess I was used to Garagiola calling the game rather than in that role.

As a Giant's fan growing up, I hated Vin Scully, only because he was associated with the Dodgers. As I became an adult, and learned to appreciate some things, Scully became the standard, a man who could give insight from another era. He was the voice of Summer.

I heard a few of Vin Scully's game but they were few and far between since I grew up in Cols, OH.

One the magic moment in time/baseball that Vin Scully commentated and which I remember plane as day, is the video link that Modern Day Savage posted. For some reason it is one of the few games that I recall sitting with me dad, which is strange because we were always glued to every sporting event.

It was a magical night for baseball, fans and especially me since i was a big Kirk Gibson fan.

Just listening to him narrate the game, made it so exciting, and fun.

As I stated I grew up in Cols, OH so I was a die hard Red's fan. For us Reds fans it was Joe Nuxall and Marty Brennan. They also had that distinct voice that gave the game something extra.

Heck, I cannot even stand listening to the new announcers on ESPN or even my beloved Orioles.

Most people will not realize that we lost something great.

i am a huge baseball fan. And yes I know it is not without it's issues. But still love the game. Has not always been the case but in the last 20-25 years I have really enjoyed. Vin was obviously the best that ever has been in an era that was not rot with sj and all the other bs that has to be part of the equation now a days. It was a great run. Thanks for all the memories and history Mr. Scully.

It sounds like the man was born to be just what he was. Part of the soundtrack of a lot of American lives. We were lucky to have him.

Was watching that game live. We’ve always said “corked bat”.

Vin Scully is a legend and “the” baseball voice to go along with John Madden in Football and Marv Albert in basketball.

RIP Vin.

We lived in SoCal in the 50s into the 60s. Every game was on the radio with Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett. I remember games at the Coliseum from the first year the Dodgers were there. Then we made the 3rd game at the new Stadium. Those were the days...
I even remember games at the old Wrigley Field

He was the GOAT of announcers. I never lived in LA, but his calls of any game were the best.

He was also a lucky guy as he got to do exactly what he wanted to do his entire life and loved every minute.

I noticed in watching the Gibson at bat that after Gibson's ball left the field, that Scully didn't say anything for around a minute, and then let another 30 or 40 seconds pass before talking again. Can you imagine any announcer allowing that much silence in a broadcast now?

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I noticed in watching the Gibson at bat that after Gibson's ball left the field, that Scully didn't say anything for around a minute, and then let another 30 or 40 seconds pass before talking. Can you imagine any announcer allowing that much silence in a broadcast now.

Scully understood tempo and pacing in a broadcast, there's still a handful of good announcers but, the best had distinct voices.
While everyone likes to point-out the Gibson at-bat, I think Scully was at his best during pitching duels, where defense and his mastery of air-time displayed his verbal best. Many Giants v Dodger games over the last 20-years had such calls; while the Giant's also have very good announcers, occasionally, the teams would swap announcers or, tap into each other's feeds, hearing Scully talk about the New York days for both teams or, the hall of famers that both teams had, was fascinating.

I grew up in L.A. and it's sad to hear about Vin passing. It really brings back great memories of hearing him, and Jerry Doggett, when I was in high school. Lying in bed before I went to sleep and listening to him call the games with Kofax or Drysdale pitching, along with Maury Wills stealing bases was as good as it gets! Way better than watching on TV, which we didn’t even have back then. Saw lots of games at the Coliseum and later Chavez Ravine, and always listened to Vinny on my transistor while I was watching the game. He did well, making it to 94. As far as announcers go, he's the GOAT.

This thread is bringing back some great memories from my youth. Both my father and I were huge Dodger fans and would watch them as often as we could. Scully was a big part of those memories. When Lasorda was sent up from our AAA Spokane Indians to manage the Dodgers in 1976 it just solidified my love of Scully and the Dodgers.

Jim

I lived north of San Diego for a couple of years. I used to listen to Dodgers games just to hear Vin Scully. He is the "voice" of baseball for me.