Broadcasting legend Vin Scully passed away today at age 94, according to a Dodgers news release. “He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more. He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw. Vin Scully was the heartbeat of the Dodgers – and in so many ways, the heartbeat of all of Los Angeles,” the release stated.
For all of the legendary voices who have called baseball games over the decades, there is little debate that Scully was the best of them all, both for the incredible length of his tenure in the booth, and his unmatched quality over those 66 years of broadcasting Dodgers games. Amazingly, Scully was already a Hall-of-Fame level broadcaster even aside from his work with the Dodgers, as he covered the NFL, pro golf, tennis, and (naturally) postseason and All-Star baseball games for such outlets as CBS, NBC, ABC, and TBS.
From start to finish in his iconic career, Scully was a master storyteller, finding endless inventive and poetic ways to call the action, yet never overwhelmed the play on the field. Scully was on the mic for many of the greatest moments in baseball history, adding to those moments with both wonderful calls and (just as important) poignant silences.
Scully was something of a prodigy, as quite early in his career he began calling Dodgers games in Brooklyn in 1950 on both TV and radio broadcasts. He was then in the booth until the end of the 2016 season, following the Dodgers to Los Angeles. As noted in the press release, “it was Vin as much as anyone who bonded the franchise with its new city. Fans – not only around the city, but at the games themselves in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – would listen on their new transistor radios to Vin and colleague Jerry Doggett.”
On behalf of all of us at MLBTR, we send our condolences to Vin Scully’s family and legions of friends and fans.
Rip to an all-time great broadcaster, Southern California legend and classy gentleman in Vin Scully. Your voice and charisma were cherished and you will be missed. Condolences to his friends and family. From your Friar buddies down south, peace to all Dodger Blue tonight.
Oh my!
RIP
Well said. We love you Vin and the timeless call, “and sheeee is gonnne!!” on Gibbys homer will live on forever. You were my favorite broadcaster and not only a legend in the booth, but a legend in our hearts.
I’m going to go enjoy a Farrrmer Jooohnn hot dog, brother.
There was Vin Scully…and there was everyone else, PERIOD. You’ll be greatly missed my friend.
The baseball world has truly suffered. Vin Scully was definitely one of the best, and one of my all time favorite broadcasters. He is a legend! If it wasn’t for Mr. Scully I for sure wouldn’t be the baseball fan I am today. Howard Cosell, Joe G, Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Dan Snyder, Joe Morgan, Jon Miller are some of the best also.
@Captain Judge: “Suffered”?? He retired several years ago.
Damn..RIP Vin..he was a true legend..
Agreed!
Thank you Vin, you narrated a large part of my childhood. RIP.
When I was in the service every once in awhile we could get a Dodger Broadcast on Armed Forces Radio. For a few hours I was back in L.A. He’ll never know how much it meant to us.
RIP to the GOAT
I agree he was the GOAT.
Top 20, definitely.
ya think?
As a Midwest fan I never had the privilege to listen often enough, to this great legend. Yes, without a doubt – he was the GOAT. Will miss you Vin, this is sad news.
A class act. You will be missed, Vin.
Is he here??
The GOAT of all broadcasters and a great man! RIP Vinny!
Vin Scully, Chick Hearn, Bob Miller… us Los Angeles people were blessed
Not even a Lakers fan but I loved Chick Hearn’s call at the end of the games
“You can put this one in the refrigerator. The door’s closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter’s getting hard and the Jell-O is jiggling.”
We got to grow up hearing Scully, Hearn and Jackson call sports man we were lucky.
And Dick Enberg.
An absolute and complete different style between Vince and people like Benetti and Stone. Vin let the game breathe, sometimes in big moments, allowing what just happened on the field, describe itself.
In contrast those like Benetti and Stone never have announced a moment in a game, that they think, might be enhanced by their silence. Sometimes in ad nausea. Stone cannot stop doing the “for all you little leaguers out there. . . “, thing – about 5 times, each game.
Definitely blessed all around baseball from 70s to 90s.
Simply the best. Of all time.
rip vince scully. I true icon and will be missed
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RIP to the GOAT. I grew up listening to him speak. His stories are what made my childhood. I’m forever grateful that I was able to have lived in a time where I could turn on a Dodgers game and listen to him speak. It’s a sad day indeed. Forever a Dodger.
RIP Vinnie, you are the GOAT!
Damn. Legend. Rip. You will be missed
Great broadcaster. Best I ever heard.
Best Dodger of all time.
and it’s not even a close race. Everyone has greats, no one had a broadcaster as great as Vin. and he played in 162 a year.
I consider Vin Scully the last of the great announcers, and he was likely the best I ever heard live. Legend that I was privileged to listen to.
Uecker is now the last.
Yes. 100%. Apologies for forgetting Uecker.
Mr. Baseball perhaps is the goat.
Marty Brenneman has retired, but he’s still with us…another true great! Joe Nuxall also deserves a place in the HOF!
Gary Cohen should be on that all time great broadcaster list imo.
Absolute love and respect to the man and Dodger nation. I agree with you about Cohen, particularly when he was doing radio with Bob Murphy. Cohen had a perfect radio voice and he and Murph were the absolute best as a radio tandem. Was happy for him he got the gig on SNY, but was disappointed I would no longer hear him on the radio. Back to Vin Scully, as an east coaster, I remember I used to order the MLB radio package and would find it so novel to go to sleep listening to Scully call the Dodgers games, And then to think that this is the same guy my grandfather would listen to calling Brooklyn Dodgers games! I hope MLB and its teams never lose sight of how powerful baseball is on the radio and how important it is to have a dedicated radio broadcast. I know one of the teams recently had just began simulcasting the TV announcers on the radio, but I don’t remember which one. Cheers to a legend.
Gary Cohen is more of a modern announcer and not really a national voice. He’s great at what he does, but I don’t think he’d be able to cover a non-Mets game, as he’s a strong homer which what SNY wanted him to be. I don’t put him in the same league as the greats, but he is one of the best modern broadcast voices. Keith and Ron enhance that dynamic. One of the best crews around.
Yes, he is definitely a homer who has found his niche with Keith and Ron. Not saying he’s on the playing field with Vin Scully’s and Jon Millers of the world, but he was a bit of a different experience as a radio announcer. The AM radio enhanced the bass in his voice, and his customary “It’s outta here!” was even more dramatic on the radio when you don’t have a visual aid.
For me it’s always been Vin and Jon Miller. In basketball, I loved Dr Jack Ramsay, and Hubie Brown does a great job. Nobody really like those guys for me
Being a biased Celtic fan I loved the legend Johnny Most. “Bird stole the ball!!”
There are some calls that…you don’t need to care about the teams(or hell, even have been alive) to appreciate the greatness.
“And up comes Gibson on TWO bad legs.” -And you can just hear that way his voice kinda elevates on the two bad legs.
“Now there’s a steal by Bird, underneath to DJ, he lays it in!”
The gravely, “pack a day for 30 years,” in the voice. Not that the last part was a good thing, it’s…just kinda defining.
Ozzie Smith’s HR, “I can’t believe what I just saw.”
So many all time great ones…
Listening to Vinnie doing baseball and Chick Hearn doing basketball was a joy as well as an educational experience.
I knew a quite a bit about both sports when I moved to LA. Watching the games and listening to them took that into overdrive. I don’t believe in living in the past, but the truth is that I’ve been exposed to no one since covering either sport that could touch them.
Vinnie was a Literature major. Long before colleges had ‘Communication’ Departments. He was extremely well-read, and influenced quite a bit by James Falkner’s work. His eulogy at the public celebration after Chick’s death is something most people in LA that saw it and heard it will never forget.
Jim Murray of the LA Times was the third amigo that made following sports at that time so much fun.
Bob Miller of the LA Kings also belongs in this group.
RIP Always sad when a legend passes. But, 94, solid lifetime.
A big part of my love of baseball was listening to Vin Scully every Saturday on the game of the week. R.I.P. to greatest sports broadcaster of all time…
The man who inspired me to love baseball. Rest In Peace, truly the best to ever do it
So sad. Best there ever was and will be. I am blessed to have grown up,listening to him. Rip
Vinny Scully, the best they have.
Could not have said it any better myself.
He was the best we all had….. for every baseball fan.
God love him.
Great broadcaster and an even greater human being. RIP
The greatest painter of a picture of baseball in your mind with words!
Believe it or not he was friends with my grandfather. Met him once when I was in the elevator, when I was 5yr old. RIP. Say hi to my grandpa for me!
Oh, no. No no. Damn..
I use to watch dodger baseball game only to hear him tell stories it
I did the same. His beautiful cadence, calming voice, and absolute knowledge of everything baseball was incredible. No matter how stressful of a day I may have had, Vin was able to help me find my calm. Best wishes to his family and friends. He truly brought people together.
Vin painted a beautiful picture in the booth. Loved loved loved Vin!
Yes, excellent at painting pictures. At relating stories, especially old ones.
While growing up, the Dodgers were on every tv in my house. You could hear Vin’s voice no matter what room you were in. As a kid, I remember seeing old fans at the game with their radios and headsets on. I didn’t get it at first, but then I learned. This is a true loss.
If you are a fan of baseball, then you were a fan of Vince Scully.
RIP
RIP to the absolute GOAT.
Getting teary eyed about this. I miss my dad.
Call dad.
Prayers and condolences to his family. One of the greatest of all times at calling a baseball game. When Vin was calling a game I could watch it no matter the teams. RIP Vin, you will be missed.
Not a Dodger fan, but just a fantastic announcer.
I would put a game on just to hear his voice ring through my home while doing household chores.
Wow RIP from a giants fan. Great voice a better mind. The GOAT
Vin grew up as a hardcore Giants fan.
True, and the Yankees tried to lure him back to New York, but he turned them down.
Quite possibly the greatest broadcaster in baseball history. We are so lucky to have had him do what he did for so long. May his memory be a blessing. Thank you Mr. Scully.
Rest in Paradise GOAT
I remember my Dad telling me he met him on a plane. He said he sounded exactly the same on the radio as he did in person. Now Vin can call games in heaven with all the greats who’ve past on.
My Dad can be front and center.
My favorite call of his was Kurt Gibson. I was only 3 when it happened. Over the years I’ve heard is hundreds of times.
No one even comes close to Vinny behind a mic at a baseball game.
Easily the Greatest Of All Time. Vinny taught me how to listen. God Bless Vin Scully!
Good night sweet prince.
You made every game an event and taught us how to love it like you do.
Thank you for all the love.
We’ll never ever forget you. R.I.P.
November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022
GOAT. Thank you Vin.
Born in the Bronx. Brought Brooklyn to the world. RIP
As a Cardinals fan I have the upmost respect for Mr. Scully!! RIP Mr. Scully you will truly be missed!
I remember a few years ago I was watching the Dodgers game on MLB Extra Innings for whatever reason and Vin Scully said or maybe it was the Jumbo Tron and Dodger official announcement he was coming back for one more season
Everyone went wild
He was truly beloved and he did the games by himself with encyclopedic knowledge about the Dodgers and whomever they were playing
May he Rest in Peace
Damn. I dont have enough I can possibly say about the greatest voice in sports, and just generally one of the legends I’ve appreciated my entire life, even from across the country. I’ve felt a missing hole since he retired, and now it has widened. His stories, the way he knew when to let the sounds speak for themselves, his many different ways to just say the right things about the game, and painting the scenes, can never be matched. 1 of the last remaining great broadcasters, and epitome of class. One of the reasons I always wanted to potentially be a broadcaster myself. This is a day that effects all of baseball, and all of sports, just a couple of days after we also lost Bill Russell. Sometimes there are those moments that effect sports fans together, and this is one of them. I dont know what they can do to honor him, but I hope its worthy of the person that narrated the game for so, so long. My dad grew up on him from the beginning of his career, and as a 30 year old, he has given me so many memories staying up to watch west coast games/buying mlb tv just to watch Dodger games to listen to his calls. As legendary as it gets. RIP Vin Scully. Thank you for everything
So sad, the GOAT the legend……
No one better. RIP.
Tom Cheek was up there, but Vin was the top tier.
RIP
Heard him for the first time in 1983 when I got stationed at Edwards. RIP GOAT, you made the desert tolerable.
Growing up in LA I was not a Dodger fan, but I was a Vin Scully fan. The man was a comforting voice in so many ways. Rip Vin.
“Little roller up along first BEHIND THE BAAAG. IT GETS THROUGH BUCKNER! HERE COMES KNIGHT AND THE METS WIN IT!”
“There’s a high flyball into rightfiiield she iiiis GOOOOONE…………..in a season that was so improbable…the impossible has happened!”
Los Angeles was blessed with broadcast legends in Vin Scully, Chick Hearn. RIP.
Halos2017: and bob miller too. He was the chick Hearn of hockey. But the kings never grasped the town like the dodgers and lakers did. They never had the level of success that this city desires.
Dang I hate to hear that. RIP Vin
Back in the day you turned down the TV volume and watched the game with Vin on the radio.
I was without a TV for a while. I listened to the 1991 World Series on CBS radio called by Vin. He was fine on TV with NBC. He was even better on the radio.
What a legend.
Every time I had the pleasure of tuning in a Vin Scully broadcast I learned something. He knew how to educate his listeners without ever interfering with the on-field action; a master of pacing. Condolences to his family.
One of the things missing is someone there to teach the game. The last several years, we’ve only had people complaining and talking about what is supposedly wrong with the game, instead of educating people on why it’s the greatest game in the world. Listening to Vin Scully made many baseball fans
Spot on. Vin was fascinated by the subtleties of the game, such as how infielders and pitchers hold runners, the art of hitting behind the runner, and blocking a pitch in the dirt. He talked about them and explained why they were important. Hardly anyone even tries to do that anymore and the game is a lot less welcoming to new fans as a result.
I have been able to bring non sports fans and non baseball fans into being fans of the game, and have had many of them tell me in the past baseball has the best playoffs. As you said, the subtleties are 1 of the major things that makes it such a beautiful game, and when you explain those things correctly, people are more interested. If you spend all your time talking about things that need to change or needing to speed things up or whatever other ridiculous narratives that have been out there since Manfred became commissioner, why would people care/watch then?
Since the days of Vin and others who painted pictures with words, baseball broadcasting has turned into a flood of mind-numbing stats, endless analysis, inside baseball lingo, and way too much pointless chatter. Anyone being introduced to baseball today would find the game almost incomprehensible, because sportscasters are no longer very interested in describing the game. This doesn’t have anything to do with who is commissioner, and everything to do with how analysis has replaced narration. To Vin, every game had a plot. Nobody in broadcasting thinks that way anymore, so we get what we get. The departure of Vin just reminds us of how much we’ve lost.
It matters when the first things that commissioner talked about, and everything he has said since then, has been about what’s wrong with the game, and never once have I ever heard him say something good about it b/c I’m convinced he doesnt even like it
The rest I absolutely agree
I don’t know about that, but I do know the commissioner (who is the voice of the owners) isn’t the one who blabs on and on about spin rates, launch angles and exit velocities. That’s the current generation of sportscasters feeding us what they think we want to hear. They’re dead wrong, as far as I’m concerned. I hit the mute button, a lot. Sometimes we watch entire games that way because the chatterers in the booth are subtracting more than they add.
@Blueskies: You make insightful, sophisticated points!
But I posit that the commissioner probably sets the tone for *everything*! So he probably is, at minimum, indirectly responsible for instructing the very lame (which is almost literally all of them) sportscasters to blab on and on about all of that crap that you referenced.
Well, the commissioner is nothing more than ownership’s mouthpiece. When he speaks their voice comes out. It wouldn’t matter who has the job, the results would be the same. So maybe it’s true MLB collectively believes that the current approach to sportscasting is good for the business of baseball. But then you look at all the respect Vin Scully has received over the years and even now, and you think maybe ownership isn’t right about what they believe the fans want.
The voice of Dodger Baseball and Farmer John RIP Vinny
RIP
Dodgers’ fans, I am sorry for your loss. Vin Scully is to many of you Dodgers’ fans what Jack Buck was to me, a Cardinals fan born in St. Louis and growing up within an hour or two of St. Louis. I listened to Jack Buck on the radio for many, many games over the years and grieved when he died in 2002. I was actually in St Louis for a 3-game series between the Cards and the Angels when he died.
My three favourites were: Vin Scully, Jack Buck and Harry Carey. Your guy Jack Buck with that soothing gravelly voice. How I loved listening to him. Vin was poetic. Amazing story teller and if you listened to him on the radio, he would make you feel as if you were there in person.
All 3 were incredible to listen to, Bob Uecker is another I’d have to include.
Joe Davis is doing a beautiful job eulogizing Vin tonight during the Dodger game.
At the beach, road trips to the desert, camping in the Sierra, at practice at UCLA, the easy brilliant articulation of baseball in the air
The voice of the Dodgers for generations. My dad would get us seats next to Vin Scully’s booth, before they became suites, so we could listen to his voice while watching the game.
Rest In Peace Vin
Huge loss for all of baseball. He was legendary with his voice, (loooong lazy flyball to rf). Wanna throw up.
RIP Vin. You’ll forever be a legend transcending baseball.
RIP
When I get to heaven if God doesn’t sound like Vin Scully I’ll be very upset.
Vin Scully was an all time great.
RIP, Vin. Legend.
RIP Mr Scully. Win 4 Vin!
RIP
Such an amazing talented and gracious gentlemen. My heart breaks, but it’s filled with so many wonderful memories
We’ve not only lost one of the greatest broadcasters of all-time, but the last living link to baseball’s distant past. Vin Scully called games with players who played with/against Walter Johnson, but retired only 6 years ago.
Let that sink in.
2017 was the first MLB season since 1885 without Connie Mack or Vin Scully involved in it.
No matter anyone’s feelings or team allegiances, we all loved Vin Scully. RIP to a great one.
So many great calls.
From memory, may be not 100% accurate:
‘Little roller up the first base line, BEHIND THE BAG! GETS THROUGH BUCKNER! HERE COMES KNIGHT AND THE METS WIN IT!!’
‘High fly ball into right field… SHE IS GONE! In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!’
Thank you Mark!
Thank you Mark! Wonderfully stated. I thought I was prepared for this day. I was not.
Vin Scully was very talented and very classy. For me personally, he was the best baseball broadcaster.
“In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.” Vin Scully
On the this day, the trading deadline 2022. The Padres may have got Juan Soto, but heaven has Vin Scully.
Lifelong Giants fan here… but you were The Best.
Rest In Peace, Sir Vin
I knew his son Mike and met Vinny a few times. He was the nicest guy and I was incapable of talking to him. I was so nervous.
Mike died in a helicopter crash the day of the Northridge Earthquake.
Not many can tell why he was loved so much.
I can’t tell what you mean.
no one can
Icon.
Very simply, Vin Scully WAS baseball. There will never be another like him. RIP Vin.
Grew up in SoCal an Angels fan but always loved listening to Vin calls games. I’m very thankful I grew up getting to hear both you and the legendary Chick Hearn call games. RIP Legend, you will be missed!
Nooooo! ::(.
So glad I got to hear him do a full game. 86 mets with him, no words. Thank you Vin
RIP legend. One of a kind gentleman and ambassador. Thank you for the memories
I hope everyone remembers Dave Frost nhlpa new found levels of Douchebaggery in this thread.
The guy was a legend in broadcasting but I guess we can’t leave some kind words for a man that passed away.
May you Rest In Peace Vin! An absolute legend, many a night I’d fall asleep to his calls. Such a sad day, but, thank you so much for the memories. A Baseball icon.
Wow… my heart is with the family and the Dodgers family tonight. Thanks for the memories Vin… “It’s time for Dodger baseball!”
Another of the masters of play by play is gone. Listening to guys like this and listening to their replacements.. there is no comparison, and its becoming a lost art sadly…
The GOAT. I spent my childhood in the 70’s at Dodgers games. People would bring their radios and listen to Vin call the games while sitting at the games. Hundreds of radios. Maybe thousands.
My best friend died ten years ago at 43. When we were growing up, he told me he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to handle it when Vin Scully died.
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.
It seems impossible he’s gone.
Heart breaking.
“in a year that has been so improbable the impossible has happened!” RIP Legend
I’d undo the Soto trade if it meant we get Vin back till he reached 100. I’d do that in a heart beat.
Has Vin even appeared in public in recent years?
yes
Some, but not a lot. He appeared at Dodger Stadium when his “number” was retired (I had the privilege of being at that game), but I never heard of him attending a game after that. He really wanted to fade away, and said as much.
Glad he got an opportunity to step away from the game and have time with his family after sacrificing so much time over the years! Truly a legendary voice and professional like no other, he told my dad and I stories about baseball through his broadcasts even as a giants fan and we had grown to love hearing his voice and the picture he painted with his words. Could call a hell of a game and did so with such clarity one wonders if he will ever be matched. Luckily we have Jon and Kruk Kuip for a few more years and hopefully Dave will carry the torch!
RIP
May he rest in peace.
RIP Vin. A lifelong Padres fan but loved listening to the art of calling a baseball game by Vin Scully. We lost a legend
RIP Vin. A lifelong Padres fanu but loved listening to the art of calling a baseball game by Vin Scully. We lost a legend…
I’ve been listening to Vin longer than my mother. Just a constant voice. Not sure there will ever be better.
As a writer, it always threw me how he could ad lib two minutes so perfectly phrased that it would have taken me half an hour to write it. Greatness.
I didnt watch many of his broadcasts, but he cast such a wide net over the sport and the culture in general that this hits damm hard. RIP to a legend, he will forever be the voice of baseball to me.
Thank you, Vin. RIP.
Even though I was an Angels fan, I grew up seeing Dodger games on KTTV and listening to Vin Scully. Learned a lot about baseball from him. Truly no equal to him.
Sitting here teary eyed. So many great memories, That soothing voice building the perfect picture of what was happening o the field and educating you about the history of baseball and so much more at the same time. Truly the GOAT.
Condolences to his family.
RIP Mr. Scully. You will be remembered and missed by millions.
Thank You Vin, may you get the chance to call some amazing games in Heaven.
Sad way to end a whirlwind day in MLB. Whether you are a Dodger fan or not as a fan of Baseball you realize how special and great Vin Scully was as a voice and ambassador of the game.
R.I.P. Vin
Why did he die today?
as opposed to when?
stop
I was lucky enough to grow up in the LA footprint and got to hear Vin Scully a lot. “High fly ball to right and it’s gone!!!” I didn’t realize how lucky I was to hear Von Scully for baseball, Chick Hearn for basketball, and Keith Jackson for college football.
I am a Padre fan so we like to have spirited exchanges with Dodger fans. But something we could all agree on was that there was nobody better in the booth than Scully. It was cool that after the Padre game tonight they filled the post-game with Scully highlights and stories.
We can all hope to have a life like that, and we can all be thankful that he shared his voice with us. I send my best wishes to his friends and family and to all the fans that will miss him. Thank you for helping me love the game of baseball.
RIP to the GREATEST OF ALL TIME. Thank you for everything you did for Baseball. God Rest Your Soul Vin Scully
Arigatou Gozaimasu Scully-san for all the years of high quality game calling and in those game delays, great story telling. You are the best, peace to your family during this time. RIP. Mahalo.
Sad day for all baseball fans everywhere. A legend has been lost. Rest in peace Vin.
My dad and I stayed up late many nights just to listen to the GOAT
Guys, let’s live today strong. I’m sure that’s what Scully wants.
Vin is the reason I’m a baseball fan. Love you, Vin. “It’s time for Dodger baseball!” A life well lived.
Vin Scully always put me to sleep with his style of broadcasting but that is a very individual effect. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a historically important announcer to Baseball history and Americana.
Vin
May all the well wishes from baseball fans be with you on your journey to what’s next!
There are no words. Not really. The last of the greats. Thank you, Mr. Scully. For….everything. Rest in Peace.
Every generation has it’s greats but he is certainly on the top tier of the pantheon of Sportscasters
The best, bar none. RIP.
RIP to a legend
The world is lesser today with his loss. He was magnificent.
The gallo trade too much for him? In all seriousness rip to a legend
Vastly Overrated. Harry Caray was better.
I’m a White Sox fan first and Cubs fan second. I grew up listening to Caray. I loved how he broadcast games and was sad when he died. It’s how I imagine many, many Dodgers fans feel right now. We can save rankings for another day, can’t we?
Harry pre-1987 was a lot of fun. A lot more fun than any of his contemporaries, except maybe Uecker.
stay classy
Since you have been commenting on this site all you have done is bragged about yourself, your career, what you say you know, and who you knew. I have no doubt that all of your collective experiences could not fit into Vin Scully’s thimble. If Vin Scully was “overrated,” what in the hell does that make you?
Vin Scullys thimble can knit me a new scarf for the winter months while I take a few months off to ski and drink hot toddys
I never heard Harry Caray in his prime but i do remember towards the end he could barely pronounce several players names.
Vin was a master story teller and just sounded like an uncle or grandfather telling you about the game during a simpler time. Baseball will never have broadcasters like Vin, Harry, Jack Buck, Harry Kalas, Bob Uecker or any of the voices of Baseball past again because with them it wasn’t all stats it was stories about the game within the game
He did what he loved for over 65 years. Legendary announcer. Huge credit not just to the Dodgers, but to the game itself. RIP, Vin.
GOAT
One of baseball’s last great voices. Sad news indeed.
He was the Gold Standard that every broadcaster, past, present and future has or will try to live up to emulate.
I’m on the East Coast and would put the Dodgers games on late at night while I worked. I really enjoyed listening to him call a game. I rarely had to look at the screen and he did it all by himself. After listening to Harry Kalas all my life, it was nice to find another great voice calling a game. Rest In Peace my friend you will be missed.
While not a Dodgers fan, I am a fan of Vin Scully. His voice alone was enough to “see” the game, and it was never about him. Just the game. I would listen to Dodgers games just to listen to his radio broadcast.
He also called the game when Henry Aaron broke the HR record. As a Braves fan, that was a wonderful moment.
RIP, sir. We are diminished.
He may be gone in a physical sense, but his legacy and spirit will live on in baseball forever.
RIP to the best broadcaster in the game. She will be missed
Have we lost Suzyn Waldman??!
RIP to one of if not the best broadcasters to ever call a game
Without a doubt, he was an all time great.
An. Yes.
I really enjoyed listening to Vin. RIP.
The absolute best Sportscaster there has ever been!!! Not just Baseball—— but all sports!!
His interviews pertaining to Baseball History are Archives!!!!
Truly, one of the greats. Rest In Peace Vin.
Passed away at the deadline.
Growing up in the mid west in the 60’s radio was just about the only way to follow your team, I was able to enjoy the Cardinal broadcast from two greats, Jack Buck and Harry Cairy
For those of us that are old enough, he really is that last of the radio generation. Great voice, stories, presentation and knew when and when not to speak. Even when he did it was minimal and poetic. Anyone who has experienced Buck knows what we lost with Scully.
RIP Vin. You were an amazing broadcaster! You’ll be missed. Condolences to the family.
For millions of us, Vin has been a voice in our homes since the day we were born. I’ve never cried over the death of someone I don’t know, but this one was always going to cut deep.
A true sign that we are all that much closer to the end.
R.I.P. Vin. See you in 70 years (hopefully!).
May the Amazing Grace of God be with Vin’s family and friends.
Truly great person and professional…
My mother listened to him announce the Brooklyn Dodgers; greatest of all time!
Away is not the only thing he passed. He also passed many dreams like a baton.
I had the great fortune to grow up in the LA basin (South OC, actually) in the 60s. I have been spoiled for life by Scully and Chick Hearn, with respect to other announcers.
Scully had a much better voice and was a marvelous storyteller and knew how and when to use silence.
Hearn called a sport that didnt have the luxury of lots of time between action for stories and silence. But he was amazing with his “words eye view”.
To this day, I will contend that NO ANNOUNCER, ever invented more descriptors for their sport, than Chick Hearn. Just look at the Wikipedia “Chickisms”; they have a whole section on them under Chick Hearn.
But Vinny was the one that turned me into a lifelong baseball fan. My interest in the NBA is no more.
I never got to meet Vin Scully but he was one of the best friends I ever had. Without him, I would not have become a baseball fan. No one else in my family liked sports until I did. It was my listening to Scully and Jerry Doggett on the radio which also made my family into Dodger fans.
When the Dodgers first moved to Los Angeles, they played in the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. As the L.A. Times recently recalled this past mid-July, there were often between 70,000-85,000 in the stands and the vast majority of the people in attendance had transister radios tuned into Scully. This practice continued at Dodger Stadium for years until some idiot decided that Scully needed to be on a several second delay. His calls went from live to the recent past. The shared, communal experience was ruined, and why? I doubt that Vin Scully, a religious man, ever swore in his private life, let alone on the air.
Some here doubt that Vin Scully was the greatest baseball announcer of all time. Some here seem to prefer spam to steak. Some here have no idea what they missed if they never listened to Vin Scully as often as they possibly could. You would have learned about baseball, football, golf, history, literature, Broadway, and many other things. You also would have learned about life and how to live it, not merely by his words but also by his example.
Players and executives from all MLB teams, reporters, other broadcasters, all spoke highly of Vincent Edward Scully. May he rest in peace and may his memory always be a blessing…
Of the hundreds of times I listened to Vinny broadcast a game I never remember him speaking ill of anyone.
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@baseball1010: Vin was adamant about his disdain for Bob Zimmerman, The Rolling Stones, and David Bowie. He said their fame was totally manufactured and their supposed talent all fake.
Linkage.
I said I never heard him say negative things about people. I didn’t say he never did.
@baseball1010: I was just adding in, not criticizing or anything. fyi
I can recall only two players ever having a thing bad to say about Vin. I will not mention their names, but I’m sure some know who I am talking about. By all accounts these players are not a very nice people in general. Some posting here aren’t either.
FWIW the broadcast delay was relatively recent thing. Not so many years ago (less than 15 I’m sure), the Dodgers were still giving away pre-tuned AM radios as promotions. I have a couple of them still. Collector’s items now I guess.
RIP Vince Scully, you are one of the broadcasters ever. You will be truly missed. Heavan has gained another GOAT of the baseball world.
Vin Scully would put me to sleep.
@SugaMonkey: Me too oftentimes, to be honest. When they paired Vin with Kubek, Garagiola, or Costas, it was always the other three that I enjoyed the most.
That said, Vin was a real pro. Smooth, polished, talented. All-time top 20 for sure. Maybe top 8-12.
It was both fascinating and relaxing to hear him call games. I’d listen to him whenever I could and I’m not even a Dodgers fan. He was the greatest there ever was.
The Dodgers must surely honor Scully with a statue, although I think an architectural feature above the broadcast booth, where there is now a big box of no distinction, would be best.
Hold a design competition and do it right! He MADE the Dodgers what they are today!