"Whoooooooooooooo"
Posted on 04/03/2006 10:40:05 AM PDT by kellynla
He is the voice of baseball, his descriptions an accent of grace upon so many of the Dodgers' extraordinary moments. From a perfect game by Sandy Koufax to a no-hitter by Fernando Valenzuela and a World Series home run by Kirk Gibson, Vin Scully has spun history into magic.
In 1974, when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record in a game against the Dodgers, Scully called it. But at the start of a season in which Barry Bonds could pass Ruth and then Aaron for perhaps the most cherished mark in American sports, the Dodgers' Hall of Fame announcer wants no part of that history.
"I would just as soon it not happen against the Dodgers," Scully said. "With Aaron, it was a privilege to be there when he did it. It was just a great moment. With Bonds, no matter what happens now, it will be an awkward moment. That's the best word I can think of now. If I had my druthers, I would rather have that awkward moment happen to somebody else."
Scully's ambivalence mirrors that of fans, current and former players and sports executives across the country. No sport treasures its statistics and fusses over its milestones like baseball, and yet no one is sure of the proper way to celebrate the accomplishments of Bonds, a supremely talented player widely perceived as a cheater, the most valuable player of his league a record seven times and the biggest name in a federal investigation into steroid use.
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First thing I noticed was that MLB has new batting helmets.
Whoooooooooooooo
WE NOW BELIEVE!!!
you've got to get by those pesky Red Birds. LOL
I don't believe he will ever break Aaron's record. I really don't.
"The OC Register says a B2 will fly over the Dodgers opener....at 1000 feet, will that be low enough to get under the cloud cover"
That I couldn't tell you, Ernest but we'll soon find out on FSN2.
I'm still wonderin' if the game won't be rained out...
they're predicting a huge storm today.
how's it looking up your way?
Overcast with a few sprinkles.
Jury reaches verdict in the Moussaoui case - Announcement at 4 p.m. ET
Did you see it? :-]
I saw it......fantastic!!!
I hear the camel jockey got the death penalty.
which means he'll still be "in stir" the day of my Irish wake. LOL
The 'Stros had an UGLY win today, against a less than impressive Marlins lineup, but by God it was a win!
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