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Posted on 08/30/2015 9:06:10 AM PDT by EveningStar
A sweet moment with Vin Scully at his news conference Saturday to discuss returning to broadcast the Dodgers next year, suddenly took a dramatic turn to unwanted melancholy.
It was a turn everyone knew would come one day. But still, hearing it from Scully took the air out of the room:
Scully expects next year will be his last as the Dodgers’ broadcaster.
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Didn’t Don Orsillo say the same thing about this year and Red Sox?
“Didn’t Don Orsillo say the same thing about this year and Red Sox?”
Hardly any comparison with the Vin Scully story.
Schaffer and Luckies.
LSMFT
My cousin died suddenly a couple of weeks ago. He was in his 50s. He was a longtime season ticket holder and a YUGE Dodgers fan. He made many trips to historic fields a year to see away games.
At his funeral it was said that, well, he never had to experience a Dodgers game without Vin Scully in his entire life.
I’m not a baseball fan but I’ve remembered Vin my whole life as well. When I was a child I thought his name was Vince Gully. Lol.
Vin Scully is one of the great broadcasters with great longevity almost in a league of his own, but certainly in the long-career league like George Putnam (74 years in broadcasting).
Vin Scully was broadcasting on the West Coast by the time I was born. I discovered him because CBS used him a network daytime host in the early 70’s. At first I didn’t even realize he was a sportscaster.
AH not surprise ES he is up there
I remember LSMFT. Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco.
Scully will be very much missed when he finally calls it a day.
Wonder if any of the Dodgers will want to walk to the plate to a recording of his voice - a la Derek Jeter ?
Difficult to follow the team since the restrictive broadcasting.
Oh no. Really? I thought he was eternal.
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