Vin Scully dies at 94. Voice of baseball to many...

[Westerly Wood]

Figure there be many on here who grew up listening to Vin call Dodger games, among many other team games etc over the years.

This article is his top 10 calls, but I am blown away by one he called in 1956. That is incredible. 94 years young...

He was the voice of one of my most painful moments in baseball history, Bill Buckner's failed catch. I was watching that game on TV with my Mom. We were crushed. We knew it was over, even only game 6, but we knew Boston had blown it yet again...

Vin Scully dies at 94: 10 most memorable baseball calls of Hall of Famer's broadcasting career

Scully was behind the mic for thousands of games and countless memorable moments

www.cbssports.com

 

[dreadnut]

RIP Vin. The voice of baseball.

 

[walrus]

He was the voice of one of my most painful moments in baseball history, Bill Buckner's failed catch. I was watching that game on TV with my Mom. We were crushed.

Think how Buckner felt! It defined him forever after.

RIP Vin.

walrus

 

[Westerly Wood]

Check out the carton of Luckys lol
1956 while the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn.

 

[FNG]

 

[Westerly Wood]

freakin love this moment in baseball history. I have watched this video so many times over the years...

 

[shihan]

There was literally no one more loved and respected in SoCal than Vin. His voice was magic; he could tell you an interesting, educational story, keep track of the current game, give updates on another relevant game all at once, and he did it effortlessly. It was always disappointing when Dodger games were on the network feed, that meant no Vin; it was only going to be a baseball game.
as the LA times put it this morning: Little boys all over are crying today; some of those little boys are in their ‘60, ‘70’s and ‘80’s.
it’s very much worth your time to listen to Vin calling the 9th inning of Sandy Koufax’s perfect game.
RIP Vin, the Natural, the greatest that ever was.

 

[Stuball48]

Yes, his voice aloud me to "see" the game on the radio.

 

[Brad Little]

Before Walter O'Malley loaded his carpet bag and moved to LA, as a child, many summer nights I'd fall asleep with his voice on my bedside radio. RIP to a legend.
FWIW, after they left, I listened to Long John Nebel and Jean Shepard.

 

[JohnW63]

Vin died on Tuesday, I believe, at 94. Maybe it's because I grew up in the LA radio broadcast area, Vin was the voice of baseball. He also broadcast football for a while. Anyone recall " The Catch" for the 49s ? That was Vin too. Who partnered with a rookie John Madden to show him how to announce a football game? Yep. That was Vin. He announced for a number of the networks for various sports. Still, working the Dodgers games from 1955 to 2016 will be what he is known for. He retired from that at 89.

 

[Boneman]

Yup, RIP. Also had the famous call in 86 “ behind the bag, it gets through Buckner. Here comes Knight and the Mets win it”

 

[Brad Little]

Before Walter O'Malley heeded Horace Greeley and took his carpet bag to LA, Vin Scully was often on my bedside radio and was the last thing I heard before falling asleep. After that, I discovered Jean Shepard and Long John Nebel on WOR,

 

[Brad Little]

Yup, RIP. Also had the famous call in 86 “ behind the bag, it gets through Buckner. Here comes Knight and the Mets win it”

And Kirk Gibson's "impossible" home run off Eckersley call in the '88 World Series.

 

[Midnight Toker]

It's amazing to think, the man also started announcing so young that he already had close to 20 years calling games under his belt before man walked on the moon!!! I also found it remarkable that with the overwhelming majority of his career being based in LA, the poor guy hardly ever saw a rain out! I think less than 5 in his whole career. Most old school baseball announcers got more than that every season!!

 

[Cougar]

Voice of baseball to many...​

Yeah, he was the best. Nobody else even close. Even when you were at the game, you listened to him on the radio.

 

[shihan]

Many years ago I got a cool give away at Dodger Stadium; a batting helmet shaped radio on a neck strap, with an earphone jack. It was tuned permanently to the station that carried the Dodger games. It was a kind of public acknowledgment of how important Vin was to the team And the fans. I used it at many Dodger games; although back then, there were enough radios going you didn’t need to bring one; you could hear Vin call the game anywhere in the park.
Anyone that does ANYTHING for 67 years deserves to be celebrated, someone who was the best at what they did for 67 years is a miracle. Thanks for everything, Vin.

 

[bobouz]

Yes, as a kid I listened to virtually every Dodger game on the radio, and Vin Scully made you feel like you were right there in the park. I was always bummed when Jerry Doggett would come on, and relieved when Vin would return from his mid-game break. I idolized Sandy Koufax, and although I was able to only go to a few games at Dodger Stadium, I was lucky enough to see him pitch one of the very few games ever where he was brought in as a relief pitcher for the final two innings - almost fell out of my upper deck general admission seat when it was announced he was coming in to pitch. Also saw a doubleheader in the Coliseum where the Dodgers played before Dodger Stadium was built. Anyone else remember the "Chinese Wall" in left field? Just a tall fence put up because of the short football field distance on that side. You had to hit it over the fence to get a home run. Amazing times when baseball still ruled sports, and Vin Scully brought you every detail of every game like no one else could.

 

[Brad Little]

....Anyone else remember the "Chinese Wall" in left field? Just a tall fence put up because of the short football field distance on that side. You had to hit it over the fence to get a home run.

Remember Moon Shots? Towering pop flies that went over the 42' screen, named for Wally Moon.

 

[bobouz]

Remember Moon Shots? Towering pop flies that went over the 42' screen, named for Wally Moon.

You nailed it, Brad - #9, Wally Moon. We were sitting behind the screen at that doubleheader (the only time I got to see the Dodgers play in the Coliseum), but no home runs that day.