Best Ever - Gone

[Smackie Chan]

Vin Scully - best baseball announcer ever, and maybe the best in all sports.

[Mikey]

Vin Scully - best baseball announcer ever, and maybe the best in all sports.

Even as a long time Dodger hater I could always recognize that Vin was in a class of one.

[LTS TRN 2]

I honestly thought he was somewhat robotic in the Ed Sullivan style, and lacked any real wit and humor, unlike Miller and Fleming. But I'm amazed that he really was there all that time. And I can't recommend enough the wonderful read of The Boys Of Summer by Roger Khan, which of course includes the young Scully back with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

But most of all we should acknowledge that if we look at the basic facial structure--the jaw, the cheeks and the eyes--we see a basic twin brother of Donald J Trump...Or What...

[Screw_Michigan]

Best Ever - Gone

Wait, wut. I'm still here.

In all honesty, I knew something was up when I heard about an upcoming tribute to Vin Scully on NPR this AM. What a bummer.

1. Vin Scully
1a. Dick Enberg

[Kierland]

“In a year that has been so improbable the inevitable has happened.”

[Smackie Chan]

Best Ever - Gone

1. Vin Scully
1a. Dick Enberg

SoCals were definitely spoiled when it came to play-by-play announcers for major sports during the ‘60s-70s. Enberg was the voice of the Angels, Rams, & UCLA basketball, while Chick Hearn, who coined the term slam dunk, was the Lakers’ announcer. And while I was not much into hockey, Bob Miller is considered among the best ever. It was fun to be a sports fan with a transistor radio back then.

Maybe it was this way in other ballparks, too, but thousands of fans brought radios to Dodger Stadium to hear Vin while they were watching the game. His voice was heard throughout the stadium.

[Mikey]

Always loved listening to Chick Hearn.

Back in “the day,” fans at Candlestick would have their transistor radios tuned to KSFO listening to Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons. Bill King, the old voice of the Warriors, was pretty awesome too.

One thing about today’s baseball parks is a sort of sensory overload with all the big screens showing highlights, stats, etc., flashing lights, loud music and exhortations to “make some noise.” Back then there were basically an organ and the stadium announcer. Not much mental space anymore to tune into the play-by-play. Do any ball clubs even have an announcer anymore?

[Arthur Dent]

Always loved listening to Chick Hearn.

Back in “the day,” fans at Candlestick would have their transistor radios tuned to KSFO listening to Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons. Bill King, the old voice of the Warriors, was pretty awesome too.

One thing about today’s baseball parks is a sort of sensory overload with all the big screens showing highlights, stats, etc., flashing lights, loud music and exhortations to “make some noise.” Back then there were basically an organ and the stadium announcer. Not much mental space anymore to tune into the play-by-play. Do any ball clubs even have an announcer anymore?

Minor league stadium atmosphere is horrible. They seem to think there has to be something going on every second. It would be nice to simply be able to watch the damn game.

[Wolfman]

Years ago in my youth, The Syracuse Chiefs AAA International League games were broadcast on a low wattage AM station with a play by play guy, Red Barber. He even did away games via wire with canned crowd noise in the background. When a big play happened he'd turn up the volume on the "crowd". Those were the days. On TV we had Dizzy Dean and PeeWee Reese doing the Saturday game of the week. Classic. When the game was slow, ol Dizzy would break out in song.

[Go Coogs']

Skully’s call of Gibson’s walk-off HR in Game 1 of the ‘88 World Series is still my favorite call to this day.


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[LTS TRN 2]

I don't think you're getting it... :)


Vin was in some way a crazily close cousin of #45...



And his similarly blathering bro...



So what. you're going to try and ignore it?... :wink:

[Softball Bat]

Scully's call of the last inning of Koufax' perfect game in 1965.









The radio broadcaster paints a picture for the listener.
It is an art.

Scully was masterful!

[LTS TRN 2]

Slop Fart, you are such a fucking whore. just sayin'.. :wink:

[Softball Bat]

Vin Scully calls the epic Mookie Wilson at bat/Bill Buckner error in the 1986 World Series.

[LTS TRN 2]

What's amazing about Buckner's Boner is that Mookie was super fast and the chopper was slow and awkward--which is why a borderline HOFer like Buckner could miss it. But even if he had gloved it he was on his heels fifteen feet back and would have had to race Mookie to the bag--Stanley was a truck and wasn't anywhere near ready to take the toss from Buckner. Mookie could well have been safe. :doh:

[Softball Bat]

What's amazing about Buckner's Boner is that Mookie was super fast and the chopper was slow and awkward--which is why a borderline HOFer like Buckner could miss it. But even if he had gloved it he was on his heels fifteen feet back and would have had to race Mookie to the bag--Stanley was a truck and wasn't anywhere near ready to take the toss from Buckner. Mookie could well have been safe. :doh:

I think this is true, however the error allowed Ray Knight to score.

If Mookie had just beaten the dribbler out, it would have been runners at 1st and 3rd with 2 outs.

Boston still would have had a chance to get out of the inning.

[LTS TRN 2]

NO

There were two outs when Mookie came up. Once again you're revealing yourself as some sort of unspeakable fraud. Flat earth? The bible? What's next? 19 Muzzies with box cutters taking down NYC?

[Softball Bat]

NO

There were two outs when Mookie came up.

Have you and Aaron Rodgers been hanging out?

Yes, there were two outs.
If Mookie had merely beaten the dribbler out, Knight would not have scored from 2nd base. He would have just made it to 3rd base.
It would have left runners on 1st and 3rd with two outs.
Boston would have had a chance to get out of the inning.

The Buckner error allowed Knight to score the winning run. Game over.

[Mikey]

NO

There were two outs when Mookie came up.

Have you and Aaron Rodgers been hanging out?

He’s a dumbshit with no coherent or legitimate takes. But (he thinks) he makes up for it with good grammar.

[LTS TRN 2]

NO

There were two outs when Mookie came up.

Have you and Aaron Rodgers been hanging out?

Yes, there were two outs.
If Mookie had merely beaten the dribbler out, Knight would not have scored from 2nd base. He would have just made it to 3rd base.
It would have left runners on 1st and 3rd with two outs.
Boston would have had a chance to get out of the inning.

The Buckner error allowed Knight to score the winning run. Game over.

Fair enough. And considering the tying run had just come in on the wild pitch, it was a whacky inning indeed.

[Smackie Chan]

Scully's call of the last inning of Koufax' perfect game in 1965...The radio broadcaster paints a picture for the listener.
It is an art.

Scully was masterful!

Yes, he was. But Koufax's perfecto was artful on a few levels. As Scully mentioned during the call, Sandy struck out the last six batters he faced and ended the game with 14 Ks. He threw 113 pitches, 79 for strikes. The Dodgers only got one hit in the game, a 5th-inning double by Sweet Lou Johnson (who I got to meet once), and their only run was unearned, with Bob Hendley pitching a complete game in the loss. Other than the Harvey Haddix game, not many pitchers' duels like that one.

[Mikey]

Scully's call of the last inning of Koufax' perfect game in 1965...The radio broadcaster paints a picture for the listener.
It is an art.

Scully was masterful!

Yes, he was. But Koufax's perfecto was artful on a few levels. As Scully mentioned during the call, Sandy struck out the last six batters he faced and ended the game with 14 Ks. He threw 113 pitches, 79 for strikes. The Dodgers only got one hit in the game, a 5th-inning double by Sweet Lou Johnson (who I got to meet once), and their only run was unearned, with Bob Hendley pitching a complete game in the loss. Other than the Harvey Haddix game, not many pitchers' duels like that one.

Just one that I can think of, though it didn't involve a perfect game.

On July 2, 1963, Juan Marichal pitched a 16-inning shutout against the Milwaukee Braves, outdueling Warren Spahn, who pitched 151/3 scoreless innings before Willie Mays won it 1-0 with a home run. Marichal threw 227 pitches; Spahn threw 201.

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/spor ... nohit.html

Marichal was 25 years old at the time. Spahn was 42

[Smackie Chan]

I’m in the clear with not many. That would be one.