Vin Scully death

2022 - 8 - 3

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Vin Scully, Hall of Fame broadcaster and longtime voice of the ... (USA TODAY)

Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, the radio voice of the Dodgers for nearly seven decades, has died. He was 94.

"Vin Scully was the heartbeat of the Dodgers — and in so many ways, the heartbeat of all of Los Angeles." He loved baseball and the Dodgers. And he loved his family. "He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more. It was during this stint that he made some of his most memorable calls. He then moved to NBC, where he was the network’s lead baseball play-by-play announcer from 1983-89. Scully’s velvety voice and smooth story-telling style made him one of the most beloved figures in the history of the Dodgers’ franchise.

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Baseball world mourns loss of Vin Scully (MLB.com)

The baseball world mourned the loss of a true legend in the sport. Vin Scully, the Hall of Fame voice of the Dodgers for 67 years, died Tuesday evening.

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Vin Scully remembered: Live updates from around baseball after ... (The Athletic)

Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully (1927-2022) died Tuesday at the age of 94, the team announced. The Athletic has live updates and reaction from around ...

Simply the best !!— Ozzie Smith (@STLWizard) August 3, 2022 •8h ago •8h ago •8h ago "He was a friend and he inspired me to be better. •8h ago "He was the best there ever was. "I am proud that Vin was synonymous with baseball because he embodied the very best of our national pastime. "Vin was an extraordinary man whose gift for broadcasting brought joy to generations of Dodger fans," baseball's commissioner said in a statement. But now I’m sitting here smiling, imagining how Vin might have described the scene. I was in the Dodger Stadium press box that night, and every so often I watch the nearly 10-minute video on YouTube, bringing back one of my favorite baseball memories. Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully (1927-2022) died Tuesday at the age of 94, the team announced.

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The Dodgers lost their voice when Vin Scully died. Los Angeles fans ... (Los Angeles Times)

Mourning the loss of Vin Scully, many Dodgers fans feel they lost more than a broadcaster but a family member, a cherished memory, a piece of their ...

Describing the ball as “she,” Scully said, added passion to that historic moment. “He’s like a father figure to me,” Choi said Wednesday morning during an interview in the Radio Korea studio. “He was a storyteller you could trust.” A lifelong Dodgers fan, he recalled listening to Scully call the game from his grandmother’s living room in the 1950s. Painted by L.A. muralist Alex “Ali” Gonzalez in 2018, it shows Scully in a suit, microphone in hand. “He was like a grandpa to us.” Alain Gomez, 38, looked on with tears in his eyes as he recalled the summers spent listening to Scully on the radio with his brothers. “I love Vin Scully’s voice,” he said. “It was what I grew up with,” Gomez said. “I’m brokenhearted,” she said. “It almost felt like I lost my father again,” said Desiree Jackson, who took the bus from skid row to Dodger Stadium to lay flowers and pray at the makeshift memorial that sprang up there overnight. For legions of Dodgers fans, Vin Scully was the voice of their beloved baseball team.

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SI:AM | Vin Scully's Best Calls (CalBearsMaven)

Over the course of 67 years in the booth, the legendary announcer was the soundtrack to some of the biggest moments in sports.

The only offensive lineman ahead of him was Anthony Muñoz (at No. 12), who had only played one season by the time Zimmerman’s story was written. Two passengers, a friend of Munson’s and a flight instructor, escaped the burning plane after trying to pull Munson from the wreckage. “For all his size and explosiveness and straight-ahead speed,” Patriots general manager Bucko Kilroy said, “John has something none of the others ever had, and that’s phenomenal, repeat, phenomenal lateral agility and balance, the same as defensive backs. “The greatest offensive lineman in history is playing right now and probably hasn’t even reached his peak,” Paul Zimmerman wrote. “A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. … The NFL docked the Dolphins two draft picks (including a first-rounder) for their interactions with Tom Brady and Sean Payton. … The USWNT is set to play a friendly in October against newly crowned European champion England. … The NWSL is reportedly facing financial difficulties after a crypto company it had a sponsorship deal with declared bankruptcy. The final half-inning of the Koufax game was Scully at his finest, so much so that reading a transcript of the call ( which Salon published in 1999) makes it seem like Scully had it all planned out ahead of time. Emma Baccellieri gives her winners and losers of the MLB trade deadline. His ability to tell a story—about Madison Bumgarner hacking a snake to pieces or Jonny Gomes being attacked by a wolf—seamlessly interwoven with play-by-play was unrivaled and the reason fans around the country kept tuning in. Scully was, without a doubt, the most famous baseball announcer in the United States. You can even make a compelling argument that he was the country’s most famous announcer, period—and with good reason. It was his ability to speak eloquently and extemporaneously that put him in a class of his own. “The game, the story, the moment, the shared experience....

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Vin Scully dies: Kirk Gibson, Clayton Kershaw, others pay tribute to ... (CBS sports.com)

In addition to his duties with the Dodgers, Scully broadcasted nationally-televised football and golf events for CBS Sports from 1975 until 1982. He also worked ...

Simply the best !!— Ozzie Smith (@STLWizard) August 3, 2022 Vin Scully was more than a broadcaster, he is a baseball legend. "He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more," the Dodgers said in a statement. "He was a friend and he inspired me to be better. In addition to his duties with the Dodgers, Scully broadcasted nationally-televised football and golf events for CBS Sports from 1975 until 1982. Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully died on Tuesday at the age of 94.

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Vin Scully, Voice of the Dodgers for 67 Years, Dies at 94 (The New York Times)

The team has had many great players since World War II, but it was Mr. Scully, a gifted storyteller and a master of the graceful phrase, who became the ...

What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the State of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world. When Mr. Barber joined the Yankees’ crew in 1954, Mr. Scully got the Dodgers’ top broadcasting job. “Somewhere up in heaven Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges are laughing their heads off,” he told the crowd. “He told me not to get emotionally involved, not to have a good friend out there on the field; it might affect your judgment.” Seven runs, 16 hits for the winning Giants, 1-4-1 for the Dodgers. The winner, Matt Moore; the loser, Kenta Maeda. I have said enough for a lifetime, and for the last time I wish you all a very pleasant good afternoon.” After graduating in 1949, Mr. Scully worked that summer as a fill-in at WTOP, the CBS affiliate in Washington, broadcasting sports, news and weather. There was, Mr. Scully later recalled, no room for him in the Fenway Park press box. I’ll be listening to him and think, ‘I wish I could call upon that expression the way he does.’” Finally, he returned to the microphone: “What a marvelous moment for baseball. For all the Dodgers’ marquee players since World War II, Mr. Scully was the enduring face of the franchise. He began simulcasting on radio for the first three innings of every game in 2000. “On the scoreboard in right field, it is 9:46 in the City of the Angels, Los Angeles, California. And a crowd of 29,139 just sitting in to see the only pitcher in baseball history to hurl four no-hit, no-run games.

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Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94 (Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans ...

He said he realized time was the most precious thing in the world and that he wanted to use his time to spend with his loved ones. After retiring in 2016, Scully made just a handful of appearances at Dodger Stadium and his sweet voice was heard narrating an occasional video played during games. The street leading to Dodger Stadium’s main gate was named in his honor in 2016. He often said it was best to describe a big play quickly and then be quiet so fans could listen to the pandemonium. He moved west with the Dodgers in 1958. In 1953, at age 25, Scully became the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game, a mark that still stands. With a snack of saltine crackers and a glass of milk nearby, the boy was transfixed by the crowd’s roar that raised goosebumps. Although he was paid by the Dodgers, Scully was unafraid to criticize a bad play or a manager’s decision, or praise an opponent while spinning stories against a backdrop of routine plays and noteworthy achievements. His mother moved the family to Brooklyn, where the red-haired, blue-eyed Scully grew up playing stickball in the streets. “I am proud that Vin was synonymous with baseball because he embodied the very best of our national pastime.” “He was the best there ever was,” pitcher Clayton Kershaw said after the Dodgers’ game in San Francisco. “Just such a special man. As the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history, Scully saw it all and called it all.

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