On the day we honor those who sacrificed all for the country, here are a few quick notes on the Dodgers.
died, I asked readers to send in what he meant to them. I ran them the rest of the season and wanted to circle back and run the rest, which will take a few weeks at least. If you wish to contribute , please email it to [email protected] and put Vin Scully in the subject line.: I was shopping many years ago when I was still teaching. I was walking out and I heard a voice behind me and it could be none other than Vin Scully. I waited for him outside.
In 1992, my late partner and I went to spring training at Dodgertown in Vero Beach. On separate occasions, we were able to meet Vin,. Vin was very nice to us, giving us an autograph and posing for a picture. I told him that I was listening when he made the call on Preacher Roe’s only home run. Without missing a beat, Vin said, “Oh, yes, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
In 1955, my family moved to L.A. where major league broadcasts were few and far between until 1958 when the Dodgers came to town. Imagine our delight. Not only did we have a team to call our own, but our friend Vinny delivered every game to us personally, over the airwaves. He taught Californians the niceties of the sport, he introduced us to players from all the teams and told stories about them as though he knew them. He represented the Dodgers, but he was never a “homer.
Our love affair with the Dodgers has lasted to this day, due in large part to Vin Scully. Through the highs and lows of a season Vin was always the same. Steady, personal, entertaining. He drew word pictures with the skill of aThe inexorable advance of an opposing team was “like water seeping into your shoes.” Year after year, decade after decade.
On the last day of his career, just before calling the game, he graciously gave an hour to the press. In that crowded room, correspondents asked questions about long-ago events, personal feelings, opinions about current events, and encounters with people long gone. He answered perfectly fluently, without hesitation, specifically recalling every name, time and place. Never started a sentence he couldn’t finish, never coughed or took a drink of water.
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