I grew up in LA listening to Vin call Dodger games. I was 7 years old when in 1959 I attended my first major league baseball game at the LA coleseum. We sat way out beyond the left center field probably on the 90th row. But I remember that game as if it were yesterday and the radio programs on the way to and from the park. Unforgettable. I can't count the number of games I listened to Vin on my transistor radio. I feel like I've lost a member of my family---that's how much he was a part of my life and my family's lives growing up and grown up!
That's fantastic. Just out of curiosity, did you or anyone you know get to see The Beatles at the colosseum back in 65 or whenever it was they were there? Seems like that would be just about the right age if you were 7 in 59.
We all did, Ron. He was a constant in all our lives. He was calling Dodger games six years before I was born. I feel like we lost him twice, once in 2016 and now.
I found the call of his when my Padres won the West in 1998. Such class. He was always a Dodger, but wasn't a "homer." He appreciated the game. It sounded like Vin was pulling Nolan Ryan home in the no-hitter vs LA in the Astrodome. He appreciated baseball. I am glad he called my Padres first WS in 1984. I just wish I could talk to him about Jackie Robinson and about Ebbetts Field, and talk to Tony Gwynn one more time and Colonel Coleman. So much baseball so little time.
I took so many unintentional naps in my life due to him lulling me to sleep with that sweet voice and those wonderful stories. He'll be missed, but we can always go back and listen to him.
Love Bob Costa’s thoughts and brought back the memories of going to Dodger Stadium in the 60’s and hearing Vinny’s voice wherever I wandered because so many had transistor radios playing during the game. Vin’s unique voice and beautifully skilled words have touched my Dodger Blue heart for almost 60 years. Thanks Vin for sharing your joy!
During Vin's speech when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, ESPN cut to a shot of of Sandi. She was crying. There's was a true love story. Many times Vin would say "Sandi saved my life". In his last few years as a broadcaster, he made the decision to return the following season in late August. And Sandi always had the final word. And now we know that her ALS symptoms started in 2015. But she urged Vin to do one more season.
One of my favorite of Vin's calls came when Oracle Park was brand new (then PacBell Park). Some Giant got to second base ahead of Barry Bonds, and the Dodgers are pitching to Barry with first base open. Even Vin got exasperated with the Dodgers: "I guess that A.J. Pierzynski (who was on deck) is now the most feared hitter in baseball!"
Eventually in life we lose someone who means so much to us and it hurts but nature has a way of renewing itself. We find someone else we admire and care for deeply. They don't replace who we lost but they give us comfort and hope and we come to love them as we did for our previous loved ones. RIP Vin. Bob is our comfort and hope.
Same! We're so lucky to have grown up with Vinny. All those years ago ... Koufax, Drysdale, Maury Wills, Frank Howard, Wally Moon, Willie Davis, Ron Perranoski ...
What a great segment. Not just Bob Costas' insights but Alana intervening at certain moments to support him and adding so much heart - on a very tough day.
I was a child with my father... listening late into the night sitting out in our back yard,, an extra innings game with the Giants...I remember we were up to 10-11 o'clock at night listening on the radio with Vince calling it. The Dodgers finally won it. with Vince calling it.
A Bronx boy who got his start calling Fordham Rams football. My dad was a Dodger fan but I grew up in the Bronx so I am a Yankee fan and hate the Dodgers but loved Vin Scully.
Great interview and comments from both. He has been part of my life since the Dodgers moved to LA. I also grew up in LA listening to Vin and Jerry calling the games. Every night I would listen to him on a radio by my bed. When I moved away to Utah in the 80's I purchased a powerful radio that could pick up games on some nights. Even today the first thing I do in the morning is to look up the score to see how the Dodgers did the night before.
A little story about vin I am a gambler and I remember a giants and dodger game I had the over at 7 first inning 4 to 4 money in the bank then I heard vin call the the next 8 innings and it was magic i had a submarine sandwich in my hand looking at the Pacific Ocean and vin in my ear .it was fantastic.
I remember my father would bring a transistor radio to Dodger stadium, and when I got my first radio, with headphones, I would bring it to the Stadium. I always thought it was a normal thing to do at a baseball game. I didn’t know it was not a normal thing to do at the ball park. We always left the game, win or lose better because of Vin Scully! Good night Vin, Rest In Peace!
The love for Vin Scully is everywhere right now and that’s as it should be. I often wonder how he called that appalling incident back in the 60’s when Juan Marichal standing at the plate suddenly turned and proceeded to club Dodger catcher John Roseboro over the head with his bat. Perhaps it’s best left to the annals of time. Vin no doubt, probably handled it with the professionalism he was reknown for.
It's all about knowing when to talk and when not to talk. Also, you don't oversaturate the broadcast with a lot of stupid nonsense, rhetoric and gibberish. Meaning don't make the broadcast all about you. You let the action on the field tell the whole story, especially on TV. If it's radio, you have to paint a much broader stroke so the radio audience can visually see what you're saying. Long story short, it's about the setup, the follow through and the finish. When you get to the finish, that's when you knock 'em dead. Vin did that along with the very best to ever do it. RIP Vin, you'll be terribly missed.
I thought you were describing Scully. He never shut up and did the games alone. I don't care about a players third cousin who married so and so. It was a never ending Wikipedia
@@toddferguson6369 When you're broadcasting sporting events all by yourself, you have to talk a little more than normal. Vin was a great storyteller, that was his calling card. I wasn't describing Scully in my original comment, I was describing that babbling jackass in Joe Buck who is horrible. When Vin was broadcasting with a partner, he knew when to cut it off.
@@JosephAligo I tried listening. It was story after story about a players family. No one does sporting events solo for a reason. Joe Buck is the worst. Skip Carey was like dead air. Smoltz gets annoying and his stories go nowhere. Sutcliff and that almost fake drawl are rough. I am lucky with the Mets announcers. Yankees announcers always so boring
Yes. Vins second wife propelled him to success. Do you even get what a dated platitude that is? I believe that she was great He would have been Vin anyway.
Moatly enjoy Costas and find him trustworthy - but he's wrong about working alone. For many years, Jerry Doggett was his on air partner. A swing and a miss...
I stopped following my beloved Dodgers and baseball as a whole this season. I got tired of the wokeness and the political aspect of this new era. With the passing of the great Vin Scully I can now assure myself that my passion for the game it’s dead as well. I didn’t meant to offend anyone following the game today on the contrary enjoy life and what ever makes you happy.
Costas is a smarmy, pretentious worm. If he tried to emulate Mr. Scully in any way, he failed miserably. I watch some events in spite of Costas running his yap. On the other hand, many less than hard core baseball fans enjoyed Mr. Vin Scully's pleasant voice.
Costas is excellent and adds depth and perspective to most anything he covers. Especially baseball. But, like a wise old friend of mine used to say, "Everybody's entitled to their own stupid opinion."
