Vin Edward Scully was an American sportscaster. He was best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 and ending in 2016.
Vin Scully: Is still alive| Wives| Microphone| Socialism
Is still alive:
Vin Scully, who was celebrated for his mastery of the graceful phrase and his gift for storytelling during the 67 summers he served as the announcer for Dodgers baseball games, first in Brooklyn and then in Los Angeles, died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94.
Wives:
Sandra was born on December 27, 1944, in Cascade, Virginia, and was known for being the wife of Vin Scully.
She first tied the knot with Vin in November 1973, one year after his first wife, Joan Crawford, died of an accidental overdose.
His first wife, Joan Crawford Scully, died from an accidental overdose in January 1972.
Microphone:
For a franchise that has been so successful in Los Angeles, the Dodgers’ 10 retired numbers speak largely to a Brooklyn heritage.
On the day the Dodgers retired his microphone alongside those numbers — and perhaps for the last time at Dodger Stadium — Vin Scully told stories of the Boys of Summer.
“Those numbers are not numbers at all,” Scully said Wednesday. “I can hear them. I really can.”
Socialism:
In the wake of the death of sports broadcasting legend, Vin Scully, social media users have been flocking to a viral clip from a 2016 L.A. Dodgers baseball game in which the commentator verbally annihilated socialism.
In the short clip, Scully – who died on Tuesday at the age of 94 – made some blunt remarks on the failures of socialism, in particular the failures of the socio-economic system in Venezuela, during an MLB game between the L.A. Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers.
