The Legend of Vin Scully

THE LEGEND OF VIN SCULLY Rememberinga Career of Witnessing (and Making) Sports History .... ... He's an unstoppable force of naturel The fact that, at 87, he calls Dodgers games solo, with no color commentator to fall back on, is an amazing feat of broadcasting. For seven decades (that's no typo), the legendary voice of the LA Dodgers has been a part of many historical moments. This is but a small sampling 1950 It All Started In Brooklyn Vin Scully has been at if for so long, he began his career with the Dodgers in 1950. when they were still in Brooklyn! He moved with the team to LA. where he introduced major league baséball to the City of Angels. 1953 A World Series Record At the age of 25, Vin Scully became the youngest person to ever broadcast a World Series. He was so nervous, he threw up the morning of the first game. 1956 Don Larson's Perfect Game Don Larson threw the only perfect game in World Series history. Vin Scully was the man who called it, though he was unhappy with his performance, telling GQ magazine "I was just so dull professionally, and so different from what I would've done under the same circumstances today. I've never watched it again. Never." 1982 Calling Great NFL Moments, To0 While he's synonymous with the Dodgers and baseball in general, Vin Scully spent some significant time calling NFL games. Fittingly, he manáged to call one of the all-time great moments in NFL history: the back-of-the-endzone catch by 49ers tight end Dwight Clark, thrown by Joe Montana to win the 1982 NFC Championship Game. 1989 23 Innings, Two Games, Two Cities Like anybody who is the best at what they do, Vin Scully stepped up to the plate on June 3, 1989, when he called a game in St. Louis between the Cardinals and the Cubs. That same day. he flew to Houston where he was supposed to call the next day's game between the Dodgers and Astros. But he ended up táking over the last 13 innings of a 23 inning game, making it a total of 23 innings, in two games, and two cities, in one dayl VIP Tickets | viptickets.com