Vin Scully
Vin Scully
Vincent Edward "Vin" Scullyis an American sportscaster, best known as the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers MLB team. He has been with the team since its days in Brooklyn. His 67 seasons with the Dodgersare the longest time any broadcaster has been with a single team in professional sports history, and he is second by one year to only Tommy Lasorda in terms of number of years with the Dodgers organization in any capacity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth29 November 1927
CityThe Bronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
All my life I've worked and I was so lucky to go from a radio station in Washington to the Dodgers and of course, it never stopped. For me to suddenly put the key in the ignition and turn the engine off, it's kind of a frightening thought. I put the key in and left it there, God willing, for another year.
It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
Naturally there will come a time, when I will have to say goodbye, but I've soul-searched and this is not the time,
(Roberto) Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania.
The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
I have to go over my carefully prepared ad-libs.
How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away.
I would say realistically, and I don't want any headlines, but I would say realistically that next year would be the last year.
The only difference between a winning team and a losing team is one game. The winning team can win two out of three games...the losing team can only win one out of three.
When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.
It is kind of lovely to be sitting alone, just thinking, very quiet, no one around. I don't feel alone or left out.
I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
I've always felt that I was talking to one person. But I've never envisioned who that one person is.
The charm about baseball is everyone has played it in some form. Everyone relates to it.