Vin Scully, Voice of the Dodgers for 67 Years, dies at 94. August 2, 2022. Today we will discuss about Vin Scully: Reading a grocery list| Highlights
Vin Scully: Reading a grocery list| Highlights
Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022) was an American sportscaster. He was best known for 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the franchise was based in Brooklyn) and ending in 2016.
| Born |
Vincent Edward Scully
November 29, 1927 |
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| Died | August 2, 2022 (aged 94) Hidden Hills, California, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Fordham University |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Years active | 1949–2016 |
| Spouse(s) |
Joan Crawford
(m. 1957; died 1972)Sandra Hunt
(m. 1973; died 2021) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards |
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Reading a grocery list
Vin Scully begins his 67th and final year behind the microphone for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and has earned the kind of reverence that makes it look like he’s about to talk about anything meaningful. After all, he has his own street now.
During the Dodgers’ 3-1 win over the visiting Giants, Dan Schulman told a particularly amusing story involving Scully and what most of us don’t even think twice about: our grocery list.
Leave it to Vin to elevate the mundane concept of a grocery list (the name—a dozen eggs, a quarter of a quart of milk, and other essentials in the process) into something that just needs to be heard by everyone. Watch it in the main clip above.
Highlights
Vin Scully was all about words, but there really are no words to sum up his standing as a Major League Baseball broadcaster.
Everyone knows Scully is the goat when it comes to baseball play-by-play announcers. Voice, pacing, style, details, smoothness. Nobody did it better.
You’ll hear and read all the achievements today: He’s televised games for 67 years, called 18 no-hitters and three perfect games, and created a slew of memorable moments.
What could be even more impressive than being the greatest baseball voice of all time is how beloved Scully was by the public. He’s legitimately the only sports figure I’ve ever seen anyone say negative words about on Twitter.
In fact, I can think of only one criticism I can think of to Scully that’s really positive. We wanted more Scully, but he declined for selfless reasons.
During the ninth inning of Scully’s final game, on October 2, 2016, he said, “Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happens.”
Everyone involved in baseball wanted there to be more when it came to Scully.
