I enjoy it when I get to hear him do a game.
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He broadcasts solo, but he never shuts up!
In the Bay Area, we’ve been blessed with some incredible baseball announcers - the great Lon Simmons, Hank Greenwald, Bill King (best known for his classic Raiders broadcasts but also with the A’s) and now Jon Miller. But on some clear summer nights when I was little, you could pick up the Dodgers broadcast from LA up here - Vin Scully was and is a master at his craft. I’ll always associate the sound of his voice with summer.
The best ever. These words are forever etched in my memory after running home from school to see the last few minutes of the Dodgers/Braves playoff to see who would face the Chicago White Sox in 1959.
“There’s a bouncer over the mound, over second base, Mantilla has it, throws low and wild and Hodges scores, WE GO TO CHICAGO!”
Its qlways a joy to listen to him do a baseball game.
Back when we had Vin Scully calling Dodger games, Chick Hearn doing the Lakers and Bob Starr on Angel games, it didn’t get much better. Dick Enberg before he went national doing Angels and Rams was pretty good too.
Master of the art. They just don’t make ‘em like Vin Scully anymore. I grew up listening to the great Herb Carneal here in Minnesota and today’s yell-and-shout, it’s-all-about-me generation of broadcasters pales by comparison.
I’m not a baseball fan of any note, but listening to Vinny is a pleasure on many levels. He teaches the game, the history, and sportsmanship. He lets the crowd noise set the moment without interruption at times, he is a nice man, and he just SOUNDS like a lazy summer day. I know genius when I hear it, I’m a jazz musician, and Vin Scully is a genius!
Vinnie is da man