Vin Scully broadcasted the Dodgers for 67 years in Brooklyn and Los Angeles and provided the soundtrack of summer for many. He died at the age of 95.
After being told of his death, the team announced that he died at his home in the Hidden Hills neighborhood. There was no cause of death given.
The Dodgers pitcher said that he was the best there had ever been. It's such a great man. I am thankful that I was able to know him as well.
As the longest tenured commentator in pro sports history, he saw it all and called it all. He started in the 1950s with Pee Wee Reese andJackie Robinson, then in the 1960s with Don Drysdale, and then in the 1970s with Steve Garvey, and finally in the 1980s with Fernando Valenzuela. In the 1990s, it was Hideo Nomo, followed by Mike Piazza, and then in the 21st century, it was Dodgers outfielders.
You gave me a nickname. You made me feel loved. The talented Cuban-born outfielder who burned brightly upon his Dodgers debut in 2013. My heart is broken.
The Dodgers changed players, managers, executives, owners, and even coasts, but Scully and his soothing, insightful style stayed a constant for the fans.
He began his broadcasts with a familiar greeting, "Hello, everyone, and a very pleasant good evening to you wherever you are."
He considers himself a conduit between the game and the fans.
The Commissioner of Major League Baseball said that his voice played a memorable role in some of the greatest moments in the history of baseball. Vin was synonymous with baseball because he was the best.
The Giants paid homage to Vin Scully after the Dodgers' win.
Dave Roberts said that everyone considers him a family. He resided in our living rooms for a long time. He lived a great life and will be remembered for a long time.
Although he was paid by the Dodgers he was unafraid to criticize a bad play or a manager's decision or praise an opponent while spinning stories against a backdrop of routine plays and noteworthy achievements. He said he wanted to look at things with his eyes.
Stan Kasten said that the team had lost an icon. His voice will always be heard and remembered by all of us.
He was born in the Bronx. His father died of pneumonia when he was a child. He grew up playing stickball in the streets of Brooklyn after his mother moved the family there.
When he was a child, he would lay his head under the speaker of the radio to listen to college football. With a snack of saltine crackers and a glass of milk nearby, the boy was in awe of the crowd. He wanted to call it himself.
The radio station at which he worked began his career when he was a player on the baseball team.
He was hired at the age of 22.
He was a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the radio and television booth. The youngest person to broadcast a World Series game was 25-year-old Vin Scully.
He was a member of the Dodgers when they moved west. There were three perfect games and 18 no-hitters by Vin Scully.
He was on the air when Hershiser broke the record for the longest period of not giving up a point in a game, and when Don Drysdale set his record for the longest period of not giving up a point in a game.
It was against the Dodgers that Hank Hammer hit his 715th home run to break Babe Ruth's record.
A black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a baseball record. It was a wonderful moment for baseball.
The transistor radio was said to be the greatest single break of his career. The Dodgers played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for four years.
He said in 2016 that they were close to the action. They brought the radio because they wanted to see what the other players were seeing.
The team moved to Dodgers Stadium in 1962. Fans held radios to their ears and those who weren't present listened from home or the car.
He said it was best to describe a big play quickly and be quiet so fans wouldn't hear the commotion. After a perfect game, Scully went silent for 38 seconds. He was silent for a while after Kirk Gibson hit the home run that won the World Series.
He was a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and had the stadium's press box named after him. The street leading to the main gate of the stadium was named after him.
He received the Presidential medal of freedom from the president.
"God has been so good to me to allow me to do what I'm doing" It was a childhood dream that came true and gave me 67 years to enjoy it. It was a big day for me.
In addition to being the voice of the Dodgers, the man called 25 World Series and 12 All-Star Games. From 1983-89, he was NBC's lead baseball analyst.
One of the most popular broadcasters in the nation was an intensely private person. He disappeared after the baseball season ended. He didn't do a lot of sports talk shows. He spent time with his family.
Joan died of an overdose of medicine. Three young children were with him. The woman he met two years later was his second wife. She had two young children from a previous marriage and combined them with her family.
He said that he wanted to use his time to be with his family. His family helped him quit smoking. There was a family photo in the shirt pocket where he kept his cigarettes. He would pull out the photo to remind him why he quit. After eight months, he neversmoked again.
After retiring in the summer of 2016 he only made a few appearances at Dodger Stadium and his sweet voice was heard occasionally narrating a video. He was content to stay at his house.
He wants to be remembered as a good man, an honest man, and one who lived up to his own beliefs.
Years of his personal items were auctioned off in 2020. It was given to UCLA for research.
He had two wives, one of which was preceded in death by him. She was 76 years old when she died of the disease. Catherine was married to the couple for 47 years.
Todd, Kevin and Kelly are some of the children of Scully. In 1994 a helicopter crash claimed the life of Michael.
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