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Vin Scully
This article is about the American sportscaster.
For the American art historian, see Vincent Scully.
Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (November 29, &#; August 2, ) was a broadcaster with the Los Angeles Dodgers.[1] His 67 seasons with the Dodgers ( – ) were the longest of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history.
At the age of 25, Scully became the youngest man to broadcast a World Series game. He broadcast the World Series.
Early life
[change | change source]Scully was born in New York City.
Narodny salon vin scully biography In his free time, Scully would attend baseball practices and, if lucky enough to get a ticket, attending a game was a true joy. Additionally, he became the permanent commentator for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in , a position he still holds to this day. You can almost hum along to Vin Scully. Now he's ready: fastball, high, ball 2.He studied at Fordham University. He began his career in [2]
In , he married Joan Crawford. She died in from an accidental overdose. In late , he married Sandra Hunt.[3] Hunt already had two children from another marriage. Scully and Hunt had two children together.
Career
[change | change source]From to , Scully announced the televised National Football League games for CBS Sports.
Scully also added to the network's tennis and PGA Tour golf coverage in the late s and early s.
He was NBC television's lead baseball broadcaster from to
The first biography of Scully's life, Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story, written by Curt Smith, was published in
In , Scully was announcing Dodgers' home games as well as road games in California, Arizona, and Colorado.[4]
In September , Scully retired from his broadcasting career.[5]
Later life
[change | change source]In , Scully was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama at the White House.[6]
In , Scully did not approve of football players kneeling before the national anthem and said he would never watch an NFL game again.[7]
On August 2, , Scully died at his home in Hidden Hills, California.
He was 94 years old.[8]
Awards and honors
[change | change source]Scully received the Ford Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in He was honored with a Life Achievement Emmy Award for sportscasting and induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame in The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named Scully as National Sportscaster of the Year three times (, , ) and California Sportscaster of the Year 29 times.
He was inducted into its Hall of Fame in [9] He was the Hall of Fame inductee of the American Sportscasters Association (ASA), and was named both Sportscaster of the Century by the ASA () and top sportscaster of all-time on its Top 50 list ().[10][11] Scully was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame in
Scully has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd.
Since , the press box at Dodger Stadium has been named for Scully.[12] A street near the team's former Dodgertown spring training facility in Vero Beach, Florida is named "Vin Scully Way".[13]
Memorable calls
[change | change source]Scully was at some of Baseball’s most famous moments.
He made the calls that have since become part of the game's lore:
References
[change | change source]- ↑Sandomir, Richard. "Daffy Days of Brooklyn Return for Vin Scully"
- ↑"Dodgers' Vin Scully talks legendary career, lucky break at WTOP Radio".Narodny salon vin scully biography book In , he married Joan Crawford. And you can almost taste the pressure now. For one thing, he works alone, something the Dodgers continue to allow him to do long after it's become fashionable, even required, to have a former player serve as a "color" commentator. I was an Angeleno, and Dodger blue all the way.
October 12,
- ↑"Scully's Fame Meets with Approval". The Dispatch. Retrieved September 24, &#; via Google News Archive Search.
- ↑"Dodgers voice Scully further trims '12 schedule". . 17 March
- ↑Landers, Chris (September 25, ).Narodny salon vin scully biography family 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. As I put it, carry our briefcases if necessary," said Barber, known as the Old Redhead, who would become Scully's mentor. One of the pleasures of publishing on the Web is that all work exists in a steady state of nowness -- an article that appears today in Salon looks much like a piece published in, say, October of He's in the Hall of Fame.
"We've got everything you need to see and hear from Vin Scully's final home game". . Archived from the original on September 30, Retrieved October 3,
- ↑Scully receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
- ↑Axson, Scooby (November 5, ). "Vin Scully on Player Protests: 'I Will Never Watch Another NFL Game Again'".
Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 4,
- ↑Federico-O'Murchú, Seán. "Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully has died at age 94".Joan crawford biography I had always assumed he was my dad's age. In , on the last day of the season, with the Dodgers having clinched the pennant the night before, manager Walter Alston let Scully manage, over the radio, from the booth. Contents move to sidebar hide. His ability to vividly and naturally narrate events on the field captivated both viewers and listeners.
CNN. Retrieved August 2,
- ↑" – Vin Scully &#; NSSA". Archived from the original on Retrieved
- ↑"ASA's Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time". American Sportscasters Association.
- ↑"Chris Schenkel named 25th greatest sportscaster of all-time." Article at , January 15,
- ↑Simers, T.J.
(April 22, ). "Scully should be heard when talk is of greatness".
Vin scully biography family: As I put it, carry our briefcases if necessary," said Barber, known as the Old Redhead, who would become Scully's mentor. Not, as Scully has often said, his secretary, or "a special assistant to," but the man himself. Koufax lifted his cap, ran his fingers through his black hair, then pulled the cap back down, fussing at the bill. The three of us sat, riveted to the set for the rest of the game, my son drifting off to sleep to Vin music as I had done so many times at his age.
Los Angeles Times.
- ↑Springer, Steve (July 12, ). "There's no going back to Vero Beach". Los Angeles Times.