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
The game is just one long conversation, and I'm anticipating that, and I will say things like 'Did you know that?' or 'You're probably wondering why.' I'm really just conversing rather than just doing play-by-play. I never thought of myself as having a style. I don't use key words. And the best thing I do? I shut up.
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.
I'm just delighted to extend my time with the only team I have ever covered. This is the only organization I have ever been with and I'm thrilled and excited with this announcement.
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star Game and an old timer's game.
On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something like 25 no-hitters and a couple of perfect games - I would always put the date on the tape. Not for me, but for the player, so that 25 or 30 years later when he's playing it for his kids or grandkids, you have that date.
She may be the most energetic woman I've ever met. I just marvel at her optimism and her ability to get things done. She just can't be contained. She's bubbly beyond effervescent.
Now we're coming out here, and I was a bit leery. I was just starting to feel solid, and I knew, because I had been told, that there was a lot of pressure on Walter (O'Malley), the Dodgers owner, to use a local announcer.
All my career, all I have ever really done, all I ever have accomplished, is to talk about the accomplishments of others. We can't all be heroes. Somebody has to stand on the curb and applaud as the parade goes by.
There's 29.000 people in the ballpark, and a million butterflies.
Football is to baseball as blackjack is to bridge. One is the quick jolt. The other the deliberate, slow-paced game of skill, but never was a sport more ideally suited to television than baseball.
A lot of people in the ballpark are now beginning to see the pitches with their heart.
To be honest, I've never been interested in how many games I've done and seen. It doesn't mean anything to anybody. All I know is I'm eternally grateful for having been allowed to work so many games.
If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.
It's a great time of the year... if you can stand it.