Vin Scully

Vin Scully, voice of the Dodgers, delivered a moving eulogy to dead Angel's pitcher Nick Adenhart during his play-by-play today. Vin Scully is truly a class act. The voice of the Dodgers was able to skillfully pay tribute to deceased pitcher Nick Adenhart, a young man struck down in his prime, while also delivering the play-by-play during the Dodgers-Padres broadcast today. Will Letich transcribed the whole exchange over at his blog: If I may speak for every member of the Dodger organization, our heartfelt and deepest sympathies to the mother and family of Nick Adenhart, and to every member in the Angels organization, for ... Read Full Story

In an article for MLB.com , Keith Olbermann describes a time about "a decade ago" when the Yankees went out to Los Angeles for and exhibition game against the Dodgers. Michael Kay and Olbermann are friends and met up at Dodger Stadium before the game. When they met Kay explained how nervous he was about meeting legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully. Olbermann tried to ease Kay's nerves and eventually introduced the two. As Michael began to hyperventilate, I made the introductions. Vin asked about Fordham, about Mike's youth, about his newspaper career, about the Yankees. And then came the story: "Michael, did you know; ... Read Full Story

Vin Scully, by far our favorite baseball announcer, has decided to stick around the broadcast booth in 2010 to do what he does best: announce Los Angeles Dodgers games. Turning 82 later this month, Scully's tenure with the Dodgers is the longest of any current sports broadcaster with the same team. In fact, he's so awesome that the first three innings of his games are simulcast on the radio. "I still love the job. I’m trying to figure out if I can walk away," he said. "I’m the horse pulling the wagon with a lot of people on the wagon, so I’m really not ... Read Full Story

“ I would come home to listen to a football game — there weren’t other sports on — and I would get a pillow and I would crawl under the radio, so that the loudspeaker and the roar of the crowd would wash all over me, and I would just get goose bumps like you can’t believe. And I knew that of all the things in this world that I wanted, I wanted to be that fella saying, whatever, home run, or touchdown. It just really got to me. “ If Vin Scully were an inanimate object, he would probably be a nighttime freight ... Read Full Story

Vin Scully is in a class by himself. Anybody who has followed baseball for a while knows this. Certainly, anybody who has the MLB package probably finds themselves watching the Dodgers in late night games more than any other. Sure, the Dodgers are an interesting team with James Loney and Manny Ramirez and all, but you watch the Dodgers because of Vin Scully. According to a study by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ has suddenly taken an interest in sports to sell newspapers since the stock market sucks so bad), Vin Scully is the chattiest announcer in MLB. Scully aid an average 143.51 words ... Read Full Story