Hall of Famers Vin Scully and Dick Enberg talk on Padres Live about the past and the future as they head into the last month of their careers before retirement via FOX Sports San Diego. (FULL VERSION)
Right? Vin at 89, is still on point and very sharp. Unbelievable. I lost my father to Alzheimer’s when he was 82 in 2020 and my mother is showing signs of memory loss now at 84. Vin is an absolute gem. Doug, maybe we will still be watching and enjoying Dodger games well into our 80’s.
Hell, i hope i can even just look close to how good they aged Dick looks like a semi aged 60 year old, and Vin looks better than most people ive seen in their mid to late 70s
Devilz DandruFF You're right about that. Vin Scully is a one of a kind broadcaster, and no one will ever match him. Dodger Baseball won't be the same without Vin.
They voiced the soundtrack of my youth. Vin with the Dodgers, and Dick with the Angels and Rams (and UCLA). Add Chick and the Lakers, and Bob Miller with the Kings, it was a Golden Age to be a sports crazed kid in SoCal.
Amén. Growing up in St. Louis we had Harry Caray and Jack Buck in baseball, Dan Kelly for Blues hockey, Bob Starr for Cardinals football, and a bit later a young Bob Costas doing, of all things, the Spirits of St. Louis basketball in the old ABA. He also did Mizzou basketball for a number of years. Not too shabby either. We were spoiled as well when it came to local broadcasters. But Enberg and Scully were the cream of the crop. Great broadcasters, and even finer gentlemen.
It’s amazing, isn’t it? Vin and Chick are probably the best to ever broadcast their respective sports. It would be hard to pick one over the other. Vin was perfect for the slower pace of baseball. Chick’s frantic pace was perfect for the nightly simulcast of Laker basketball. Dick was a legend in his own right, and Bob always solid. Just great to be in LA back then.
I'm a Giants fan. Vin Scully was the best single announcer for baseball. Enberg called everything. Both are legends. Vin grew up a NY Giants fan. Tip my cap to both.
Two legends. I had the pleasure meeting Mr Enberg at Wimbledon a dozen years ago. “Oh my!” Broadcasting with class. Enjoyed listening to these two gentlemen across many sports over the years. Rest In Peace.
I have never heard Vin so animated about himself than he was here. There had to have been a certain kind of bond between these two that made him speak so detailed and candidly about his experiences, both good and bad. Dick Enberg was a legend in his own right. Fascinating.
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Amen! Well said, sir! I could hear these two tell stories all day long. Their voices are so recognizable and comforting. I can only imagine the great convos they’re having in Heaven. They really made our childhoods - as well as our parents’ childhoods.
Losing Vin Scully is hard enough. But even worse is losing all of his great stories that were never told in broadcast. I'm sure Vin wouldn't have wanted to do it and enjoy his retirement and privacy with his family. But this guy should really have done a few RU-vid channel entries once a week, sharing those great stories. RIP, Mr. Scully. You were the very definition of incomparable greatness.
His greatest stories were on the radio. Particularly games that were radio only home games, which was common in those days. Vin was better on radio. Less dead air and more stories .
Vin mentioned Connie Mack. Mack managed the Philadelphia A's from 1901-1950. Vin Scully broadcast Dodgers games from 1950-2016. So, for 116 years, Connie Mack or Vin Scully was active in Major League Baseball.
I grew up listening to Vin Scully with the Dodgers. He had this wonderful way of explaining the game so that even if you never heard of baseball, he made you feel as if you already understood the game. Dick Enberg made me feel like we were just friends but in a formal way. Both are equally missed.
You can see it here, what makes Vin so great at what he does. Look at the detail of the stories he tells. He’s remembering things back in 1950 and even before that in detail. Also everything he reads, he remembers. He could have easily been a historian if he wanted to. Actually he already is in baseball, but it’s not just baseball he so vividly remembers, it’s everything he reads, and sees.
So, very glad we the fans of the Padres. Had our time to experience ballgames with Dick Enberg! Oh My! We Baseball fans in SoCal were soiled to listen to Vin Scully, Dick Enberg, Jerry Coleman.
Scully and Enberg. Doesn't get any better. Thanks for those Red Barber stories. Even a Yankees fan has to tip his cap. RIP Vin. The Lord is waiting for your arrival at the gate in heaven's ballpark.
I interviewed Dick Enberg when I was in 8th grade. He was friends with our school principal Mike Marienthal ...who was also a spotter for UCLA Bruin football. Myself and a couple others were on stage with him in our gym. I don't remember anything anybody said...but I'll never forget the occasion!!!
We Angelenos grew up with Scully, Enberg and Hearn. And, for the hockey fans, Bob Miller. An amazing quartet of greatness. And Vinny is the greatest of them all.
Man, these two on NBC in the 80s. Vin and Joe on Saturday summer afternoons, Enberg and Olsen on Sunday fall afternoons. And they were still sharp here.
My two favorites. They could do any sport. Growing up in LA, a Dodgers fan, Vin was always on in our house. But my best friend was an Angels fan, so I would listen to Angels games as well. How many hours of listening to their broadcasts, hearing them tell stories. Thank you to the both of them.
Vin mentions walking in to get the lineup card and seeing Connie Mack. For reference, Connie Mack was born during the Civil War (the beginning, no less) and had *last* played in the Major Leagues in the 1890s. Talk about a true link to baseball history, Vin was it. What a guy.
Give him a phone book and I will stay and listen from A to Z! his delivery and voice alone just sucks you in wanting to know what happens next! Such a bittersweet day today
Vin Scully is one of the best baseball announcers of all-time! Fortunately, in my lifetime I met him after a Mariner- Dodger game at the Seattle Kingdome and had a picture with him! God bless him! Thank you for all the Dodger memories you have called on radio or TV.
True Los Angeles Fans would appreciate a moment like this. Dodgers Legendary Announcer Vin Scully being interviewed by the Angels Greatest Announcer Dick Enberg.
I wish that younger sports fans had a chance to listen to both of these guys. I soaked in every Scully game in that final season and I’m not even a Dodgers fan.
Two of the biggest influences any little boy could have, particularly one with an invisible father. I had the opportunity to spend a good amount of personal time with both of these great men both as a child and as a man, especially with Dick Enberg in my role as a multi-year California Angel Batboy in the mid 1970's. What you saw is what you got with these two. A couple of absolutely delightful, top-shelf, class acts. Terrific, positive, interested, interesting, witty, humorous, approachable, compassionate, empathetic, philanthropic, learned gentlemen. I was so lucky to have them both in front of me as role models (I guess everybody did). I soaked up as much as I could and have tried to model their behavior as a man. For example, Dick's level of attention, interest, concern, and respect when having a conversation with me was visibly the same as his conversations with Don Drysdale, Gene Autry, Nolan Ryan, Steve Garvey, Tony Gwynn, a random fan, or the hundreds of other interactions I personally witnessed. Dick Enberg and Vin Scully's honesty, integrity, appreciation, and humility were unwavering. Forever in your debt, Vin & Dick. God Bless & Godspeed.
Holy Cow! God Love Vin, his references are generations old - I mean Philadelphia A's. Jepers! That was before East Coast/West Rap rivalry and New Coke.
A couple of Southern California broadcasting legends! RIP to Vin, Dick, and of course the great Chick Hearn! Just a shame that The Angels didn't keep Dick Enberg on throughout his career. San Diego got a real gift from this man behind the mic.
I truly miss both of these guys, especially Dick Enberg. When he and Merlin Olsen were broadcasting NFL games, they were the absolute best. They made those games so much more enjoyable than anyone ever could.
I agree with Enberg in regards to calling radio and the theater of the mind. It’s totally different to call radio versus TV. That’s why the guys like Scully and Hearn that did simulcast so well is amazing.
Vinnie....the "VOICE" of reason, stories and admitted "Half" truths with honesty. A humble fan who landed a dream job with the Brooklyn Dodgers and never worked another day in his life ! The enthusiasm of Vin Scully from radio to color tv......To anticipate the voice of Vin Scully ,Ross Porter along with Jerry Dogget.....The opening line to open the season of "Dodger" baseball .........I love those days....and I miss them......
I was lucky enough to be born in Southern California 1952 so all I know is the great Vin Scully. What an asset to the game of baseball and life. God bless you for giving us all the wonderful gifts that you presented to us. RIP we love you
2 of the absolute best ever. Die hard Braves fan who loved listening to the visiting booth when we played the Dodgers and Enberg was a voice in my home my whole life. What a pleasure it was to listen to both of these goats.
Gosh...I couldn't stop tearing watching and listening to these 2 great sportsmen! As a 61-year-old...I have wonderful memories from watching and listening to sports from these 2 GREATS!
Dick Enberg is right up there among the greats, having witnessed many of sports' greatest moments, and he's just in awe here of Vin Scully. It's nice to see that such an important figure in his business has the humility to recognize someone else whom he holds in even higher esteem and importance.
Dick Enberg was great with NBC NFL games and the Rose Bowl with Merlin Olsen. Also FABULOUS at Wimbledon. I never knew he did local baseball until recently. But his body of work is second to none.
Some of my favorite memories as a kid and a young adult was hearing Vin’s voice for the first time from Vero every spring after a long winter without Dodgers baseball. The bright green grass and oranges as the visual and Vins voice. It didn’t matter how bad things were in my life, in that moment everything felt like it was great. I have missed that so much. Now we get a desert every spring, which is fitting because that’s what it feels like without Vin
