MLB & Dodgers Broadcasting Legend Vin Scully Has Died At The Age Of 94

[SoCalDavidS]

Source: The Athletic

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MLB and Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully has died at the age of 94.

https://theathletic.com/3473302/2022/08/02/dodgers-broadcaster-vin-scully-dies/

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[msongs]

1. can hear his voice in my brain as I write this. sad nt

[Mr.Bill]

2. A voice from my childhood.

One of the good guys. He will be missed by many.

[Magoo48]

20. Me too

I began listening to Vinny on the radio in 1958, when the Dodgers moved to LA. I was ten years old. He’s been a mentor, hero, and calming influence in my life ever since. He was a magical story teller and a gentleman. Vaya con Dios, Vinny.

[calimary]

3. End of an Era.

He was the king.

Broadcasting GIANT. A Super-Giant, actually. Best in the business.

He'll be calling games for God now.

[BootinUp]

4. What a professional, added so much

to the baseball experience for me. RIP Vin.

[ultralite001]

5. So many nights in my youth...

with my ear pressed to my transistor radio...

Vin Scully mesmerized with his brilliant, masterful detailing of America's game...

The Dodgers never looked better...

Another legend has passed... and the sports world is diminished...

That is all...

[democratsruletheday]

6. His voice was GOLDEN...up there in the

heavens with Harwell, Karay, Brickhouse, Buck and Karas. He'll be sorely missed.

[aggiesal]

12. Karay as in Harry Caray? ...

He was a drunken bum.
I hated him as the Cubs announcer. Worst play-by-play announcer ever.
They kicked him out of St. Louis, he got drunk on Falstaff once too much for the White Sox, then the Cubs sign him to replace the legendary Jack Brickhouse.

Vin Scully was 1000x golden over Caray.
Scully practically created the baseball lexicon.

[newdayneeded]

17. But Caray was still legendary

Either infamous or famous he will always be in the baseball history conversation.

No one will ever forget trump, like I said infamous.
They'll be teaching kids about the shitty trump presidency 100 years from now.

[aggiesal]

22. Infamous IDIOT n/t

[rsdsharp]

24. Finally, someone who agrees with me. By the time Caray got to the Cubs

he was long past it. A play-by-play man has one job — describe what is happening accurately. Caray couldn’t, or wouldn’t do that. He was so focused on “IT MIGHT BE; IT COULD BE; IT IIIIISSSS!” that he often failed to notice the ball went foul, or had been caught. On more than one occasion, Steve Stone had the uncomfortable duty of trying to convince Caray, live, on the air, that a home run HADN’T taken place.

He routinely mispronounced names. Rafael Palmeiro was always Palermo; Héctor Villanueva was Venezuela. He once called Ryne Sandberg Ryan Sunderson. He argued with Tuffy Rhodes that his name should really be Dusty.

After his stroke they announced that he had stopped drinking. Bull. My family and I went to a game at Wrigley in the early 90s, about 3-4 years after the stroke. Wrigley served beer in different cups from those in which they served soda; I know — I drank beer that day, and my wife and daughter drank soda. We sat about 50 feet from the press box. As we were leaving after the game, I looked up to the press box to see Caray doing his wrap up. Arrayed around him were six cups. Beer cups.

Vin Scully was a national treasure. He was better at his job when he retired at age 88 than he had been when he started at 21 — all with the same team. Wine get better with age; or bitter. Vin got better; Harry didn’t.

[aggiesal]

26. Scully aged like wine, Carey aged like milk. LITERALLY. n/t

[Polybius]

23. Phil Rizzuto too

Loved the way he talked about everything Italian.

[Elwood P Dowd]

27. Don't forget Bob Elson, voice of the Chicago White Sox from the 1940s to the early 1970s.

He had a very laid back style, yet it was very detailed. Would give out stats and background on different players and teams most announcers never mentioned. For the most part of his White Sox years, he was the only one in the booth. No color guy running his mouth continuously. He also called World Series and All-Star games for one of the national radio networks.

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Mr. Broadcast Baseball.

He permeated the Baseball world when I was growing up. RIP Mr. Scully

[bahboo]

8. ah man...moved to LA in 2006....

one of the joys was listening to Vin do the Dodger broadcasts. Lucky enough to also be a Cub fan with the great Jack Brickhouse and of course Harry Caray. Vin was all class....we always loved when it was "dueces wild."

[iluvtennis]

9. Los Angeles native here and I've lost another piece of my childhood. Rest in Peace Vin Scully and

May your Memory be a Blessing.

[ripcord]

10. Another idol of my youth gone

Feels like it did when Chick Hearn died.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. One of his greatest calls of all time

RIP Mr. Scully
Cross gently, Tommy Lasorda is waiting for you.

[ultralite001]

16. Vin Scully calling Sandy Koufax's perfect game...

09/09/1965…

[MarineCombatEngineer]

18. Even better than the Gibson home run call.

Those were the days of real baseball, where starting pitchers usually pitched the whole 9 innings, no specialty relievers, unlike todays game.

Koufax/Drysdale....when they pitched, it was usually lights out for the opposing team and Vin Scully called them all.

Thanks for the video, I closed my eyes and listened to Vin calling the last 3 outs and I could see it all in my mind.

Vin will be missed, he is a legend in the sports world.

[ultralite001]

25. Thanks for sharing..,

I listened to the game once again…

The same chills… the same breath holding with every pitch…

Living history… baseball was never better!!!

Vin Scully put words to the stuff dreams are made of…

Be well !!!

That is all…

[Drum]

13. RIP

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. Watching the Dodgers/Giants game right now and they're talking about his impact

on the game thru his broadcasts.

A true legend in the sports world.

Dodgers are winning 9-5 in the bottom of the 9th.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

15. What a voice.. What a life..

As a lifelong Southern Californian, Vin's voice is part of the soundtrack of this region and my life. It's impossible to look back on it all without thinking about Vin saying "Hi everyone, and a very pleasant good evening to you", inviting us to pull up a chair, and speaking to us like a friend. I know, I know.. When he spoke into that microphone, he was speaking to millions. But he had a gift, a talent... He made us feel like he was speaking to us, and just us.

Many years ago, I started DJ'ing online. It's a long story, and one I may share one day. But I was encouraged thanks to the power of the internet to start broadcasting. Obviously, I'm not an A-lister... Or a B.. Maybe closer to Z. But when I took the plunge, I thought back to the voices who inspired me in my youth, and over the years they became my great "teachers"...

Johnny Olson. Chick Hearn. Vin Scully.

Tonight, my heart is broken over losing the last of them.

He was a friend... An uncle... A grandfather... The greatest of all-time.

Thank you, Vin... For everything. May you rest in peace.

I can only hope I'm .1% as good at what I do as he was at what he did.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

19. I grew up in SoCal also watching the Dodgers and, like you, he was a huge part of my life,

he was and still is and always will be, the voice of Dodger Baseball.

Side note, I got to watch Mike Witt of the CA. Angels throw his perfect game on 9/30/84 against the TX. Rangers, one hell of a game.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

21. Oh goodness.. I remember Mike Witt

For about 3 1/2 years, he was among the best pitchers in baseball. And the apex was that perfect game in 1984. Sadly, his arm fell apart, all because he started throwing that curveball when he was 9, and it caught up to him in 1987.

One hell of a game indeed.

[ripcord]

28. When you went to Dodger games before everyone started wearing ear buds

You listened to Vin Scully whether you wanted to or not because so many people brought radios to listen that you could clearly hear him call the game from every seat in the stadium.

[AllaN01Bear]

29. he was the voice of the dodgers . will be missed .