Vin Scully bio for Torii Hunter

[NrM]

Am I the only one that thinks hes a terrible broadcaster?  I would rather listen to Rojas and Gubi then listen to his garbage stories, just the sound of his voice puts me to sleep.  

 

Gubi is nothing more than a shill. I can't stand him.

[TooCool]

I still remember when Vin Scully told a story about Vlad drinking water from a puddle. Totally random and nonsensical but whatever.

[Jason]

I like his stories about the players. It brings in the human element into the larger than life world of professional sports.

[MVTrout]

He bores me.

[bloodbrother]

He's a legend, but it's time for him to move on. Dude's senile in his old age. Often gets players names wrong or pronounces them wrong and it seems like 90% of the time he doesn't even know what pitch is being thrown

 

You'll see an 85 mph slider and he'll call it a fastball

[eligrba]

At Scully's age, I simply enjoy his ability to weave stories, describe situations, build angst and create heroes and villains all within the context of a baseball game. I really don't give a shit about the accuracy of the minutiae.

 

I hope to be still doing something I love at his age when the time comes.

[Guest]

Yeah but is he better than Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson? (Aka "He Gone")

[YouthofToday]

Yeah but is he better than Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson? (Aka "He Gone")

Don't dare question the Hawk's tWtW...

[Glen]

"What do they call it these days? A crack pipe? Well one of those do-dads fell out of his favorite jacket."

90% of dodger fans these days have no idea what they have. And you have to feel bad for Vin. "Oh, there's another fun loving fan in blue, oh to be 20 again and have 6 kids, and you know, someday, he's going to regret wearing his hair in that bald fashion when he gets to me my age. But it's good to see he's obviously taking advantage of the all you can eat dogs in the bleachers."

 

 

 

What makes that even better is that you read it in Scully's voice.  

[DB24]

Am I the only one that thinks hes a terrible broadcaster?  

 

I guess we're the minority here, because I feel the same way.

[Tyler]

Rojas has a great story about calling Vin's phone and expecting to leave a message when all the sudden he actually picked it up. Victor was caught off guard but Scully talked to him for a considerable amount of time and it turned out to be an outstanding interview.

http://therojasspoils.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/vin-scully-chat/

 

Beautiful.

 

 

"If you want to make God smile, tell Him your plans." - VS

[HaloCory22]

He was great in his prime. Probably the best there ever was for baseball, but now... He is terrible imo. Since maybe 2005 or so he really started to take a turn for the worse. Nicest man in the world, but he needs to retire.

[Homebrewer]

Vinny is a living legend, but I haven't been able to listen to him for years. Jerry Colman (rip) was even worse.

There is a point that these guys need to retire, rather than staying on till they keel over.

I imagine that it is their wives that urge them to stay working, so they won't have to be the only ones they bore to the brink of insanity

[vlad27]

Wow ! That's crazy he says "crack addict" with such class though And "crack pipe" so eloquently

[HaloBueno]

His voice is soothing, and he's always been a good storyteller. But he also puts me to sleep. And he makes a lot of mistakes now.

Edited April 11, 2014 by HaloBueno

[Brian Ilten]

Am I the only one that thinks hes a terrible broadcaster?  I would rather listen to Rojas and Gubi then listen to his garbage stories, just the sound of his voice puts me to sleep.  

 

You are not alone.