Vin Scully retires

[Old TexMex]

The great baseball announcer Vin Scully, after 67 years of painting the pictures of the game in the minds of millions of fans, was given a pregame retirement ceremony last night at Dodger Stadium.
It was pretty moving to see the 88 year young gentleman and his wife recieve the accolades of a super packed stadium. He's gonna call three more home games and then he's walking off a winner.

He went to church before calling the World Series and didn't pray for one team to win, but rather "that there wouldn't be any goats".
Vin Scully writes letter to Dodgers fans | MLB.com

 

[glenncal1]

I remember walking on the beach at night with my grandmother (a huge sportsfan) listening to Vin call the Dodger game.

 

[swsig]

I had the privilege of listening to Vin during my high school and college years right after the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. Even then we recognized what a great announcer he was. This year, I subscribed to DirecTV's Extra Innings package just to be able to listen to him in his final season. He hasn't lost a beat, smooth and articulate as ever with lots of interesting stats and stories to fill in the slow spots. I'm an old retired geezer now, and it's mind-boggling to me to realize that when he first started broadcasting Dodger games, I was in kindergarten.
I'm certainly going to miss him.

 

[sheepdawg]

Called Larsen's World Series perfect game in 1956, I was about to turn two, amazing.

 

[Old TexMex]

As an employee of one part of the Dodgers organisation, I was amazed ( several years ago) when I discovered his age and history. It was then that I realized that his voice was one that was instantly recognizable from my earliest childhood memory of baseball on the radio.
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[Fishslayer]

I grew up with a transistor radio under my pillow listening to Vin & Jerry & Dodgers baseball brought to you by Farmer John...

He will be missed.

Imagine the poor slob who has to replace him!

 

[shouldazagged]

Like the late Red Barber, he's a master of the language and sometimes a bit of a poet.

But it really ticks me off that he's ten years older than I am and looks fifteen years younger.

 

[vigil617]

Scully is one of the good guys.

Here's a column that you'll enjoy....

Vin Scully and the story he didn't want told | News & Observer