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Post by hc811215 on Sept 27, 2016 8:32:00 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Sept 27, 2016 11:00:03 GMT -5
When he was in Brooklyn, the Dodgers had the best announcing team ever: Red Barber, Connie Desmond(IMO the best of the three) and Scully
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 2, 2016 18:15:12 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 2, 2016 18:40:42 GMT -5
Wow--what a class act (and of course we all knew that)
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Post by clmetsfan on Oct 3, 2016 10:18:56 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 3, 2016 11:39:58 GMT -5
Fantastic-thanks for bringing this to our attention-a great read. I've copied one story below that I think is particularly telling about the man: Fred Claire (Former Dodgers PR director and GM): "I can remember I had just started with the Dodgers, and there was this young guy who was just starting with the radio station. He wanted to interview Vin. I'll never forget this. So he came in, and Vin said, 'Sure, I'll do it.' And so the young man hit the recorder and talked to Vinny. Vinny spent at least 40 minutes with him. The young man came back to me, and ... he's shaking. He said, 'Fred, I didn't hit the right button. The recorder didn't work' -- literally in tears. So he said, 'Could I just have a few more minutes?' And so I went to Vinny and explained what happened. It's a young guy interested in announcing. And Vinny said, 'Let's do it again. Let's do it again.' I don't know anyone else who would do that. 'Let's do it again.' Think about that. That has to do with his compassion, his humanity and something that's part of his grace and his memory of a young announcer starting out himself who got a helping hand."
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 3, 2016 12:28:09 GMT -5
Here's Scully's call of Aaron's 715th which still gives me goose bumps, and I remember it so well as an 8yr old watching with my dad. Without question one of the most important and best calls in sports history:
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Post by timholycross on Oct 3, 2016 13:20:49 GMT -5
From a Red Sox perspective, the only blemish on Scully's record was him having to call the bottom of the 10th in Shea Stadium on October 25, 1986.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 3, 2016 13:24:28 GMT -5
From a Red Sox perspective, the only blemish on Scully's record was him having to call the bottom of the 10th in Shea Stadium on October 25, 1986. But a Mets fan may differ. Brought back memories of his '55 call for this Brooklyn fan.
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Post by clmetsfan on Oct 3, 2016 14:31:05 GMT -5
Fantastic-thanks for bringing this to our attention-a great read. I've copied one story below that I think is particularly telling about the man: Fred Claire (Former Dodgers PR director and GM): "I can remember I had just started with the Dodgers, and there was this young guy who was just starting with the radio station. He wanted to interview Vin. I'll never forget this. So he came in, and Vin said, 'Sure, I'll do it.' And so the young man hit the recorder and talked to Vinny. Vinny spent at least 40 minutes with him. The young man came back to me, and ... he's shaking. He said, 'Fred, I didn't hit the right button. The recorder didn't work' -- literally in tears. So he said, 'Could I just have a few more minutes?' And so I went to Vinny and explained what happened. It's a young guy interested in announcing. And Vinny said, 'Let's do it again. Let's do it again.' I don't know anyone else who would do that. 'Let's do it again.' Think about that. That has to do with his compassion, his humanity and something that's part of his grace and his memory of a young announcer starting out himself who got a helping hand."That's the same passage that I read aloud to my girlfriend after his last game at Dodgers Stadium this week.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 3, 2016 15:28:16 GMT -5
Yesterday, as I watched the Mets last game muted, I listened to the MLB Dodger game , Scully's last. It was a typical masterpiece with Dodger-Giant stories going back to the 1930s. I grew up with him in .Brooklyn in the 50s. MLB has allowed me these last few seasons to watch him on some Dodger broadcasts. His farewell was, as was his entire career, memorable. Simply, the best
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Post by clmetsfan on Oct 3, 2016 16:46:22 GMT -5
I dare anyone to watch this with dry eyes.
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Post by sarasota on Oct 3, 2016 21:26:05 GMT -5
well deserved
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