Vin Scully

[+ purplekow]

After more than 65 years as the broadcaster for Dodger baseball, Vin Scully is retiring. I am not a Dodger fan, but he did have a soothing, amicable style that made you feel like a friend was talking to you about the game. Congratulations Vin on a job well done and a life well lived.

 

I have not seen Geminibear around but I know he would ask for a Sports Forum.

[+ ArVaGuy]

After more than 65 years as the broadcaster for Dodger baseball, Vin Scully is retiring. I am not a Dodger fan, but he did have a soothing, amicable style that made you feel like a friend was talking to you about the game. Congratulations Vin on a job well done and a life well lived.

 

I have not seen Geminibear around but I know he would ask for a Sports Forum.

 

I thought he was seriously dead. Scully, not Geminibear.

[jawjateck]

Vin began announcing the Brooklyn Dodgers on radio in 1950. 67 seasons. That's amazing.

 

And GemBear, hurry back from hibernation. You'll be hungry when you wake.

[+ Truereview]

I don't follow sports, but I'm a big fan of life story-telling. I thought Vin's retirement letter was a sweet slice of Americana. Although I don't identify with the memories he shares and the images he paints, I can't help but be nostalgic that we are slowly but surely losing a part of our national innocence. Cheers to Vin.

Dear Friends:

Many years ago, a little red-headed boy was walking home from school, passing a Chinese laundry and stopped to see the score of a World Series game posted in the window. The Yankees beat the Giants, 18-4, on October 2, 1936. The boy’s reaction was pity for the Giants and he became a rabid Giants’ fan from that day forward, until the joyous moment when he was hired to broadcast Brooklyn Dodgers games in 1950. Ironically, October 2, 2016 will mark my final broadcast of a Giants-Dodgers game. It will also be exactly 80 years to the day since that little boy fell in love with baseball.

 

God has been very generous to that little boy, allowing him to fulfill a dream of becoming a broadcaster and to live it for 67 years. Since 1958, you and I have grown up together through the good times and the bad. The transistor radio is what bound us together. Were you at the Coliseum when we sang “Happy Birthday” to an umpire? Were you among the crowd that groaned at one of my puns? Did you kindly laugh at one of my little jokes? Did I put you to sleep with the transistor radio tucked under your pillow?

 

You were simply always there for me. I have always felt that I needed you more than you needed me and that holds true to this very day. I have been privileged to share in your passion and love for this great game

 

My family means everything to me and I will now be able to share life’s experiences with them. My wife, Sandi, our children, Kevin, Todd, Erin, Kelly, and Catherine, along with our entire family will join me in sharing God’s blessings of that precious gift of time.

 

You folks have truly been “The Wind Beneath My Wings” and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining me on this incredible journey of 67 years of broadcasting Dodger baseball

 

Heartfelt Thanks,

Vin Scully

[+ deej]

Yesterday was Vin Scully day at Dodger Stadium. They held a pre-game ceremony with Vin, the Mayor, the Commissioner, etc., on the field honoring Vin. Vin got to make remarks. Kevin Costner (who is the only movie star called by Scully in a movie) made remarks.

 

The ceremony ended with Vin Scully at the microphone saying the words he uses to open every broadcast: "It's time for Dodger Baseball!" The crowd went nuts.

 

Visiting teams have been making pilgrimages to the Vin Scully booth at Dodger stadium all season long to thank him. It has been amazing.

[+ Charlie]

I have always found Vin Scully's monologue commentary grating, for some reason I can't quite explain. I will not miss him.

[MrMiniver]

The man is a legend. Period.

[+ deej]

I have always found Vin Scully's monologue commentary grating, for some reason I can't quite explain. I will not miss him.

 

I never really listened. Growing up in the midwest I heard the likes of Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray far more often.

 

But I do tip my hat to someone who can hold an audience for 65 years.

[Becket]

A legend. And we lost Arnold Palmer this weekend as well. Feeling sad.