Vin Scully On Kirk Gibson's World Series Home Run | Letterman 

Incredible that Vin was a towering broadcasting icon and baseball elder statesman by this point, yet went on to call games for over 25 more years. Certainly there will never be another like him.

What a legend. You can tell Dave has enormous respect for Vin here. My 79-year old Dad grew up in Brooklyn and is going to be very sad when he sees this news. RIP, Mr. Scully.

Had the chance to meet and talk to him once at LAX. Genuinely kind man and made you feel like you were a good friend to him. Truly one of a kind. There will never be another like him.

Rest in peace to the greatest sportscaster. The pride of The Bronx, New York.

When the Dodgers we’re playing on a hot summers night, the TV or radio was playing with Vinny calling the game, it was a soothing narrative that flowed along like to a babbling brook. Just a brilliance that’s almost hard to comprehend

RIP Vinny, you were the GOAT. I actually cried last night.

My adult daughters grew up with Vin’s voice during baseball season. When I was in my fifties, I told them Vin was broadcasting Dodgers game before I was born. You should have seen their faces. ¡Vaya con Dios, Vin!

Letterman always had a tremendous amount of respect for Vin Scully who was such a class act.

RIP Vin. I grew up listening to him in LA. An icon!!

Within the broadcast booth at Dodger Stadium, Vin Scully sat at the mic. The words he found were perfect - even poetic. "In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened," he said. RIP Vin Scully

It's Vin Scully and everybody else. The best broadcaster of all time and there isn't even an argument. Keith Jackson is really close but Vin Scully is in a league of his own no pun intended. Thank you Vin for so many great memories!!🙌👏

As irreverant and sardonic as Dave could sometimes be; (and I loved that part of him) ...when Vin came out, Mr. Letterman showed nothing but deference and decorum for a baseball broadcaster who truly was a legend!

God Bless you, Vin. Rest In Peace.

r.i.p. to the greatest announcer of all time. r.i.p. vin scully🕊

I never knew he was the GOAT until about 10 years ago when a guy from Chicago told me how lucky I was to live in LA and listen to Vin. To me, he was just the regular announcer for my favorite team.

40 years at that point, and he was the Dodger's voice for additional 27 seasons until his retirement in 2016. RIP Mr Scully, the G.O.A.T., and Thanks Dave, for this amazing interview. Blessings to all from San Juan PR 🇵🇷.

The greatest of all time. There can never be another.

It looks as if everyone loved Vin, and I started to enjoy him once we got cable TV, so my dad could see the Dodgers and hear Vin do the play by play.

He was the reason I fell in love with baseball. Each night he had a broadcast, I would be in the dark in my room glued to that radio. I'd wake up and be groggy for school... but man, was it worth it. My favorite part was when he would say: "Interestingly Enough"... you knew what would follow would be some obscure fact, story or anecdote on the player many times it had nothing to do with the game. Good Times...Good Times. We lost a GOAT here.

Vin was one of those guys you'd enjoy hearing him read the phone book. Just seemed like a great guy and he will be missed.

He knew it was not about himself. He knew to shut up and let the crowd and pictures tell the story for the Gibson home run, the Hank Aaron home run, the Sandy Koufax perfect game, the Bill Buckner error. So many announcers need to learn that.

Love the Grateful Dead shout out! RIP Vin. My Dad grew up listening to him in Brooklyn. He passed away six years ago.

I remember in 1965 taking my mom's transistor radio to school. I hid it and had the ear piece in so I could listen to the Dodgers play the Twins in the World Series. God bless you Vinny, rest well and know you will always be loved.

A true legend.. R.I.P. Mr Vin Scully

Vin Scully is the greatest baseball announcer all time. The way he used words were second to none. When I say that I mean any public figure.

Our thanks and appreciation to this feed for finding this gem and sharing it with us. Vinny will be missed.

They don’t get any better than Vin Scully as an announcer or as a human. I say that as someone born in San Francisco who is a life-long Giants fan. My sympathies to everyone in the Dodgers family.

This guy is a total class act..

Rest In Peace Vin Scully 🙏🏼💙🤍⚾️

Legend. All you need to say. Miss you Vin❤️

Just hearing his voice makes me feel good. I loved the man

What a special person Vin was.

I'm a Die Hard Giants fan , I bleed Black&Orange, but today I weep.a little Blue 😪

This is 1990. He was put in the broadcaster HoF and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame in 1982. In 72 he was offered a original spot on Monday Night Football. In 81 he almost became John Madden’s play by play guy instead of Pat Summerall. He use to announce football, golf, tennis, and baseball. By 1990 he was pretty much down to just the Dodgers. 89 was his last year being NBC’s national baseball broadcaster. By 1990, Vin was already the greatest and most accomplished announcer.

"...sooner or later that you will join the entire field going by." It's amazing how Vin was able to casually spin phrases that give such a sense of levity.

I NEVER click the 'Like' button before viewing or listening to a video; but in this instance I did. Much respect for the late Vin Scully.

I feel classier today just from having watched this clip. Is America producing gentlemen like this anymore?

I’m amazed that Dave was able to get Vin Scully on the show. He rarely does talk shows. This is probably the first time on a late night show for Vin.

RIP Vin ...The best ever!!

Growing up in Michigan, Ernie Harwell was always my favourite...but Vin Scully was the best.

If this doesn’t put a smile on your face, I don’t know what will.

Wonderful man. God Bless you Sir.

The best. Thank you, Vin.

Seriously, if you’re an Angelino, there’s nothing not to like about this interview 💙⚾️

Ah I cried...One of a kind...A legend....That voice.... May he and Tommy rest in peace

I hope our legend in Detroit Ernie Harwell and Vin will renew their friendship and have a long, long chat about baseball in the after life…RIP Vin Scully

really great guy. nice interview

"Eggzaviahhh Coogahh!" 😂

Such a great talker RIP

Vin - the king.

Good interview. Wish it could have lasted longer. I wonder how people in New York, especially Brooklyn, felt about seeing a guy who harkens back to the Dodgers' Brooklyn days. Was it nostalgic? Did it bring back bad memories? I remember meeting a guy from Brooklyn who told me, "When the Dodgers left Brooklyn, they didn't leave Brooklyn. They died."

I grew up with Vin and I would say lots of folks did so as well. I had to think about those years the dodgers won the World Series. Lol. Rip buddy.

Its ironic that Dave raises the issue why games are getting longer. They are still asking the same question more than 30 years later.

⚾️⚾️Thank You Vin⚾️⚾️

The big giant stud ! Rest In Peace mr. Vince

FULL EPISODES !!!!!! please

Thank you.

@6:55, Letterman misuses the word, “aloof.” Vin gently disagrees with the usage of the word and then pivots.

Talent + longevity + authenticity = Vin Scully

I guess it's just because this was the era I grew up on, but it's like Vin was born that age, and never aged after that. Class act. RIP

God bless vin scully

Legend

3:11 I love how even back then they were aware of how much longer baseball games had become. They would seem quick compared to today's standards.

The greatest

RIP legend.

I have heard many Vin Scully called games over the years. No disrespect to the man. He is clearly among the giants in his field. But with that said,…I so wish you could all hear just one complete Bob Uecker called game. And not one that he knows the spotlight is on him. Those he seems to force the jokes. I cringe at those. But just a seemingly irrelevant, insignificant game. One in which he spontaneously reacts to something he sees before him. An unusual play in the field, someone in the stands,…a recall of an event he personally experienced, that was initiated by one of his fellow commentators. Take Vin’s vivid calling of the game,…then simply add the funniest comedian on the planet. That’s Bob. No one compares.

1:50 hahah awesome

The TRUE voice OF Major league Baseball ⚾.

For years I thought Gibsons home run actually won the World Series,but it was like only Game 2.

I wished that regular reporters would be as ethical as Vince was, as far as keeping a distance from the people they cover.

Epic

They're are a lot of great broadcasters around the country, but Vin was above them all.

@ 4:20 there were 7-inning games when it was a doubleheader @ 7:41 that was a joke on "All in the Family"

Dave sis a good job on this interview.

Simply the BEST 👌 Tina Turner

Orange pocket square... RIP VIN 🔵

RIP Vin.

dave advocating for the pitch clock in 1990

8:33 Now, I question whether that band leader story ever happened the way Vin said, because that exact thing happened on All in Family. Mike and Gloria were playing and Archie wanted to get in and he used the initials E.C. and no one could figure it out and then he also said Exavier Cugats. I think Vin might have stolen that anecdote from AITF. LOL.

I remember this show. I thought Ernie Harwell was the guest until he named Scully.

just passed last week at 92////

RIP Vin

All time great baseball announcer (and all of his other word-works). BTW, the Mets won the game that night, 9-4. Dwight Gooden, the winner pitcher, broke the game open in the bottom of the third with a bases-clearing triple. That won't happen again!

They were talking about baseball games being too long over 30 years ago. What did baseball do about it? They made the games even LONGER.

Great American

Vin says it all depends on who’s doing the rubbing.

Between the talk of games getting longer and 7-inning games, nothing much has changed.

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To think, Vin was just barely past the halfway point of his career when this interview took place.

“Any talk of going to seven innings?” Um.

Seven innings? What did Dave know and when did he know it?

“EC” Eric Clapton

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Wow the rare Xavier Cugat joke…

Now it's a double edged sword. Now, the games are shorter so sponsors are losing money. So want do they do? They put ads in the middle of the game between pitches now. Smh.

Xavier …

This old man calling games by himself for a so called major market sports franchise for all those years was embarrassing and disturbing.

Liked him until his comments on Kaepernick than I lost all respect for him