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NFT: Vin Scully has passed away

Dave in PA : 8/2/2022 11:26 pm
The best baseball broadcaster of all time and seemingly a really good man
RIP.  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/2/2022 11:26 pm : link
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It was the Soto deal  
Vanzetti : 8/2/2022 11:30 pm : link
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j/k  
Vanzetti : 8/2/2022 11:30 pm : link
Vin Scully is the GOAT at what he did
Scully was awesome  
jvm52106 : 8/2/2022 11:45 pm : link
And not just baseball. The Gibson HR will always be a classic but Scully's call made it that much better.
What a legend.  
Mike from SI : 8/2/2022 11:52 pm : link
RIP.
Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years  
Dave in PA : 8/2/2022 11:53 pm : link
This man truly lived his life to the fullest. A real baseball legend
A little roller up along first…behind the bag…  
Jim in Fairfax : 8/2/2022 11:56 pm : link
It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight, and the Mets win it!
Met him at a Hilton hotel  
chiro56 : 8/3/2022 12:09 am : link
Here in OC 45 years ago . Brief encounter turned into a 30 minute conversation. Just a real person with humility and heart. I never forgot after all these years. RIP .
RE: j/k  
Dennis : 8/3/2022 12:27 am : link
In comment 15770478 Vanzetti said:
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Vin Scully is the GOAT at what he did


...And your previous post was funny. It was!
Scully was incomparable  
Dennis : 8/3/2022 12:32 am : link
He was a true Irish poet and brought three dimensional and complex insights to baseball. Beauty meets the beast.
I began listening to him in the 1950's as I followed The Brooklyn Dodgers.
For me, he turned baseball into a literary experience.
God Bless.
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RE: Scully was awesome  
speedywheels : 8/3/2022 12:47 am : link
In comment 15770480 jvm52106 said:
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And not just baseball. The Gibson HR will always be a classic but Scully's call made it that much better.


Wasn’t that TV call done by Jack buck?

Unless scully did it on the radio?
RE: RE: Scully was awesome  
Jim in Fairfax : 8/3/2022 1:08 am : link
In comment 15770493 speedywheels said:
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In comment 15770480 jvm52106 said:


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And not just baseball. The Gibson HR will always be a classic but Scully's call made it that much better.



Wasn’t that TV call done by Jack buck?

Unless scully did it on the radio?


Yes, Scully did the radio call.
Wrong, Scully did the TV call  
Snablats : 8/3/2022 1:13 am : link
Jack Buck did the radio call

I met Scully a few times in the Dodger Stadium Press Box. Very very nice man
RE: Scully was incomparable  
Dennis : 8/3/2022 1:26 am : link
In comment 15770490 Dennis said:
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He was a true Irish poet and brought three dimensional and complex insights to baseball. Beauty meets the beast.
I began listening to him in the 1950's as I followed The Brooklyn Dodgers.
For me, he turned baseball into a literary experience.
God Bless. Link - ( New Window )


" In October 2006, when two Dodgers were tagged out in succession at home plate in a playoff game against the Mets at Shea Stadium, the gaffe reminded him of the August day in 1926 when the Dodgers’ Babe Herman doubled into a double play at Ebbets Field, leaving the team with three men on third base. “We turn the clock back,” he said, “to the daffy days of the Brooklyn"
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RE: Wrong, Scully did the TV call  
Jim in Fairfax : 8/3/2022 1:31 am : link
In comment 15770497 Snablats said:
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Jack Buck did the radio call

Not so much.

Vin Scully’s Call Of Kirk Gibson Walk-Off Home Run Wins MLB Network Radio Award - ( New Window )
RE: RE: Wrong, Scully did the TV call  
sb from NYT Forum : 8/3/2022 2:12 am : link
In comment 15770502 Jim in Fairfax said:
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Jack Buck did the radio call



Not so much. Vin Scully’s Call Of Kirk Gibson Walk-Off Home Run Wins MLB Network Radio Award - ( New Window )


Scully did the National TV Broadcast call, like he did for 1986. Why argue this?


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One of the greatest and seemed like a class act  
Producer : 8/3/2022 2:41 am : link
Legend
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SFGFNCGiantsFan : 8/3/2022 6:07 am : link
Great broadcaster & person from all accounts.
Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.  
johnnyb : 8/3/2022 6:30 am : link
Scully was rooting for the Red Sox. His line “it is so quiet here in NY you can hear them in Boston” came back to bite him as the Mets rallied back.

He was the best at what he did. An incredible career. RIP.
What a Guy, What a Life  
varco : 8/3/2022 6:32 am : link
I recall him as a broadcaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers when I was a young child and his voice made an impression, even then. He was the best at what he did, loved his work and was, by all accounts, a genuine person who treated others with respect. What more can you say? His was a life well lived. RIP, Vin.
RE: RE: RE: Scully was awesome  
jvm52106 : 8/3/2022 6:42 am : link
In comment 15770496 Jim in Fairfax said:
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In comment 15770480 jvm52106 said:


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And not just baseball. The Gibson HR will always be a classic but Scully's call made it that much better.



Wasn’t that TV call done by Jack buck?

Unless scully did it on the radio?



Yes, Scully did the radio call.


Scully was TV with Joe Garagiola (sp).
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RicFlair : 8/3/2022 6:46 am : link
“Rest in peace, Vince”

-Magic Johnson
Awesome man  
5BowlsSoon : 8/3/2022 6:51 am : link
Best in his business.
RIP  
US1 Giants : 8/3/2022 7:11 am : link
Great announcer.

great broadcaster and a true gentleman  
Victor in CT : 8/3/2022 7:18 am : link
another great one gone
Rest in peace...  
moze1021 : 8/3/2022 7:45 am : link
Best of the best

Gary now takes on the honor of best baseball announcer alive.


Vin Scully was terrific. Learned something new every time I listened to his broadcasts. Now I regret that I did not listen to more.
RE: Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.  
Jim in Tampa : 8/3/2022 8:21 am : link
In comment 15770520 johnnyb said:
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Scully was rooting for the Red Sox. His line “it is so quiet here in NY you can hear them in Boston” came back to bite him as the Mets rallied back.

He was the best at what he did. An incredible career. RIP.

I seriously doubt that a born and bred New Yorker who started in baseball as a Brooklyn Dogers announcer and spent his 67 year career announcing NL baseball games, was rooting for Boston to win the world series.

Hometown announcing crews who do regular season MLB games slant their coverage toward the home teams, because that's what their audience expects. So when national announcing crews take over for playoff and World Series games and they provide unbiased coverage, fans interpret this coverage as slanted against their home team.

Scully's line that you quoted from (I assume) game 6 of the '86 Sox/Mets WS (“it is so quiet here in NY you can hear them in Boston”) was simply a master describing the moment for the national viewing audience and not proof positive that he was rooting for the Red Sox. And the line didn't "come back to bite him" either. It was quiet in NY when things looked bleak and loud when it turned around for the Mets.

As far as Scully goes... what an awesome life he had. He had a job that he absolutely loved and he was highly compensated for it. He was also blessed to be able to do his job for 67 years and Dodger fans (and most baseball fans) adored him for his work.

RIP Mr. Scully.

RE: Scully was awesome  
ColHowPepper : 8/3/2022 8:49 am : link
In comment 15770480 jvm52106 said:
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And not just baseball. The Gibson HR will always be a classic but Scully's call made it that much better.
Two for the ages...that call and the man who made it
RE: RE: Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.  
johnnyb : 8/3/2022 8:50 am : link
In comment 15770577 Jim in Tampa said:
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Scully was rooting for the Red Sox. His line “it is so quiet here in NY you can hear them in Boston” came back to bite him as the Mets rallied back.

He was the best at what he did. An incredible career. RIP.


I seriously doubt that a born and bred New Yorker who started in baseball as a Brooklyn Dogers announcer and spent his 67 year career announcing NL baseball games, was rooting for Boston to win the world series.

Hometown announcing crews who do regular season MLB games slant their coverage toward the home teams, because that's what their audience expects. So when national announcing crews take over for playoff and World Series games and they provide unbiased coverage, fans interpret this coverage as slanted against their home team.

Scully's line that you quoted from (I assume) game 6 of the '86 Sox/Mets WS (“it is so quiet here in NY you can hear them in Boston”) was simply a master describing the moment for the national viewing audience and not proof positive that he was rooting for the Red Sox. And the line didn't "come back to bite him" either. It was quiet in NY when things looked bleak and loud when it turned around for the Mets.

As far as Scully goes... what an awesome life he had. He had a job that he absolutely loved and he was highly compensated for it. He was also blessed to be able to do his job for 67 years and Dodger fans (and most baseball fans) adored him for his work.

RIP Mr. Scully.

I was at Game 6. Met fans felt he was rooting for the Dodgers and it seemed he was (if you remeber the series at all). When the CBS crew was welcomed on Diamond Vision, they received a corus of boos. And then the parachuter dropped in!
RE: Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.  
Victor in CT : 8/3/2022 9:00 am : link
In comment 15770520 johnnyb said:
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Scully was rooting for the Red Sox. His line “it is so quiet here in NY you can hear them in Boston” came back to bite him as the Mets rallied back.

He was the best at what he did. An incredible career. RIP.


Rooting for the Red Sox? Thats a laughable take. he was describing the seen perfectly. As he always did.
as others  
ColHowPepper : 8/3/2022 9:15 am : link
my passion for the Brooklyn Dodgers was created in part and brought to life by Vince Scully...listening to road games with my transistor radio under the blankets so my father wouldn't hear...games against the Red Legs always seemed to start so late. Back then, CST was the farthest west National League teams went.

Listening to Vince Scully broadcast the Dodgers was like listening to a favorite uncle, voice so inviting and kind, filled with 'knowing' and assurance. I felt safe and invigorated, he felt so intimate.

By 1955 at age eight I was consumed hook, line, and sinker by all things dem Bums, Hilda Chester, Wait 'til next year, even Schaefer Beer, Ebbets Field and that short right field fence, HRs bouncing on to Bedford Avenue. All brought to me by this icon.

October, Game 7, 3 o'clock or so that afternoon, Johnny Podres on the mound...I remember running home from school so I could catch as many innings as I could. 1955, a year that needs nothing more to stamp it forever in memory.

Gol, dang, this man meant so much to so many.
RIP

Some nice short clips here

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34338705/vin-scully-iconic-former-los-angeles-dodgers-broadcaster-dies-age-94
RE: RE: Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.  
Carson53 : 8/3/2022 9:17 am : link
In comment 15770603 Victor in CT said:
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Scully was rooting for the Red Sox. His line “it is so quiet here in NY you can hear them in Boston” came back to bite him as the Mets rallied back.

He was the best at what he did. An incredible career. RIP.



Rooting for the Red Sox? Thats a laughable take. he was describing the seen perfectly. As he always did.
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"it gets through Buckner, here comes Knight and the Mets win." Poor Buckner, the dude had to move to Montana or somewhere out there later on...
It's kind of ironic  
Carson53 : 8/3/2022 9:21 am : link
that I just finished reading a book about Red Barber,
and Vin Scully was mentioned quite a bit.
Vin complimented Barber on being a great mentor to him.
RIP Vin!

He was the best......  
Jints in Carolina : 8/3/2022 9:28 am : link
nothing more to add.

RIP Vin.
The  
AcidTest : 8/3/2022 9:32 am : link
GOAT. An incomparable announcer who was the absolute best. His descriptions were poetic, especially Gibson's HR. RIP. God bless. Prayers to his family and friends.
As usual, so many erroneous posts  
Snablats : 8/3/2022 9:34 am : link
from SB's link:

"Scully, calling the play-by-play[11] for the NBC-TV broadcast"

"CBS handled the national radio broadcast of the 1988 World Series, with Jack Buck[15] providing play-by-play"

for JohnnyB, who thinks Scully was rooting for Boston: You posted that people booed when the CBS announcers were on Diamond Vision before the game - Jack Buck was the CBS announcer, and he was the Cardinals announcer. You may recall the Mets and Cards hated each other in 1985-87. If they booed, that is why
RE: As usual, so many erroneous posts  
johnnyb : 8/3/2022 10:10 am : link
In comment 15770639 Snablats said:
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from SB's link:

"Scully, calling the play-by-play[11] for the NBC-TV broadcast"

"CBS handled the national radio broadcast of the 1988 World Series, with Jack Buck[15] providing play-by-play"

for JohnnyB, who thinks Scully was rooting for Boston: You posted that people booed when the CBS announcers were on Diamond Vision before the game - Jack Buck was the CBS announcer, and he was the Cardinals announcer. You may recall the Mets and Cards hated each other in 1985-87. If they booed, that is why


Sorry, had the network wrong. Thanks for correcting.

Scully did not outright show his support for Boston, but Met fans understood who he was tacitly rooting for. And yes, when the Diamindvision welcomed the broadcast team, the crowd did boo.
Always a pleasure hearing him call a game  
Greg from LI : 8/3/2022 10:13 am : link
To be so good for so long is quite a rare thing
RE: Always a pleasure hearing him call a game  
ColHowPepper : 8/3/2022 10:19 am : link
In comment 15770693 Greg from LI said:
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To be so good for so long is quite a rare thing

^ prolly because he so thoroughly enjoyed what he was doing, and that just tumbled out of his voice and descriptions
He was the first voice of baseball  
bluesince56 : 8/3/2022 10:47 am : link
I ever heard. As a seven year old in 1955 and a Brooklyn Dodgers fan I remember that voice thru the decades. What a great announcer. Mat God bless you.
What a great broadcaster and what a great loss  
Essex : 8/3/2022 10:57 am : link
to lose Roger Angell and Vin Scully in the same year is very sad.
But his gift for story telling lives on  
capone : 8/3/2022 11:09 am : link
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just an absolute legend  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 8/3/2022 12:21 pm : link
My favorite to ever do it. RIP.
Great column in today's LA Times  
Stan in LA : 8/3/2022 1:18 pm : link
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He was the soundtrack of a city, the muse of millions, the voice of home.

Vin Scully is gone, but he will never be silenced.

Forever he will be heard on soft spring afternoons, a serenade of rebirth, a song of hope.

“It’s tiiiime for Dodger baseball!”

Forever he will resonate on warm summer nights, the music of family, the lyrics of life.

“Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be. . . .”

Scully died Tuesday at 94, but his poetic narration of Los Angeles’ most enduring sports franchise will ring in our hearts forever.

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Scully signs off for final time  
Ira : 8/4/2022 3:31 am : link
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If you are a baseball fan, you have to love Scully  
Matt M. : 8/4/2022 8:46 am : link
He had such a melodic voice and his call was poetry. It was always a pleasure to hear him call a game. Abd to think, he was calling Brooklyn Dodgers games!
RIP GOAT.  
short lease : 8/4/2022 4:26 pm : link
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