R.I.P. Vin Scully

[24/7 reruns]

Originally Posted by stevea

A few comments above about other announcers, so off topic, but... The announcers in the 60s for the Phillies were Byram Saam and Bill Campbell, but the most interesting guy, the one with the inside stories and info., was Rich Ashburn.

RIP Vin Scully. Several deaths lately.

Guilty Stevea. But baseball on TV and radio are a huge part of my life. So back on topic. I found an interesting article about Scully's connection to the show Occasional Wife and an overview of the game show It Takes Two

https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvae...ccasional-wife

https://gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/It_Takes_Two

[stevea]

Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

Guilty Stevea. But baseball on TV and radio are a huge part of my life. So back on topic. I found an interesting article about Scully's connection to the show Occasional Wife and an overview of the game show It Takes Two

https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvae...ccasional-wife

https://gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/It_Takes_Two

Apologies. I wasn't trying to diss a few off-topic references to other announcers--but it came out that way. I was attempting to apologize for bringing up the Phillies announcers. I just think Rich Ashburn was so good I needed to mention him.

[24/7 reruns]

Originally Posted by stevea

Apologies. I wasn't trying to diss a few off-topic references to other announcers--but it came out that way. I was attempting to apologize for bringing up the Phillies announcers. I just think Rich Ashburn was so good I needed to mention him.

I agree that Ashburn was great to listen to. He, like Scully, was a personable guy. I spoke to him a couple of times before Pirates games when the Phillies were in town. He always had great stories about Pirates he faced as a player.

[stevea]

Cool! I've seen games at Connie Mack Stadium, (shows how far back I go!) (It was an old park, like Wrigley and Fenway, but it had atmosphere) but I never had the opportunity to speak to announcers or players.

[24/7 reruns]

Originally Posted by stevea

Cool! I've seen games at Connie Mack Stadium, (shows how far back I go!) (It was an old park, like Wrigley and Fenway, but it had atmosphere) but I never had the opportunity to speak to announcers or players.

That was a nice ball park. I only saw filmed game highlights from there. The oldest ball park I've been to was Forbes Field. I've always had a fascination for old ball parks.

[howilu]

Originally Posted by stevea

Cool! I've seen games at Connie Mack Stadium, (shows how far back I go!) (It was an old park, like Wrigley and Fenway, but it had atmosphere) but I never had the opportunity to speak to announcers or players.

Connie Mack Stadium was originally named Shibe Park and the Philadelphia Athletics played their home games there until they moved to Kansas City after the 1954 season.

[24/7 reruns]

Originally Posted by howilu

Connie Mack Stadium was originally named Shibe Park and the Philadelphia Athletics played their home games there until they moved to Kansas City after the 1954 season.

One of the few share parks. The Phillies played there as well.

[opus]

Dodgers to pay tribute to Vin Scully before Friday night's game

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...y-nights-game/



One place to watch it nationally live is on MLB Network tonight. They're advertising it for 9:45 pm ET. I'm sure it'll get posted to places like YouTube pretty quickly afterwards

[opus]

Originally Posted by opus

Dodgers to pay tribute to Vin Scully before Friday night's game

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...y-nights-game/



One place to watch it nationally live is on MLB Network tonight. They're advertising it for 9:45 pm ET. I'm sure it'll get posted to places like YouTube pretty quickly afterwards

I live watched last night, but if you didn't, here you go. In two parts, in order....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp2zPE1zgPk&t=9s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYhmP86tsoQ

[jason88cubs]

R.I.P.

[TJ]

He was one of the best announcers of all time. He had so many classic calls. I always enjoyed hearing him when I had the MLB package in his later years. It was interesting that he didn't have a color analyst. I guess he preferred calling the entire game himself. He was such a good storyteller.

According to IMDb, his voice was also heard in episodes of Mister Ed, The Joey Bishop Show and Brooklyn Bridge.

[24/7 reruns]

Originally Posted by TJ

He was one of the best announcers of all time. He had so many classic calls. I always enjoyed hearing him when I had the MLB package in his later years. It was interesting that he didn't have a color analyst. I guess he preferred calling the entire game himself. He was such a good storyteller.

According to IMDb, his voice was also heard in episodes of Mister Ed, The Joey Bishop Show and Brooklyn Bridge.

Plus, if I remember correctly, the Dodger games on TV that he announced were simulcast on radio. He was that good.

[TMC]

During week 5 of the 1980 NFL season, Vin Scully was calling the battle between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers for the NFL on CBS. However, he was also simultaneously calling a completely different event in a completely different sport, as only Vin Scully could successfully pull off. This is the story behind one of the craziest broadcasts that Scully ever had in his time in the booth.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

Plus, if I remember correctly, the Dodger games on TV that he announced were simulcast on radio. He was that good.

http://comforttv.blogspot.com/2022/0...s-tribute.html

In a 1964 episode of The Fugitive called “Man On a Spring,” Richard Kimble walks into a tavern, suitcase in hand as always, and on the television behind the bar is a Los Angeles Dodgers game being called by Vin Scully.

Scully was then in his 14th year as the Dodgers announcer, and he was just getting started. By the time he retired in 2016 he had spent 67 years in that vocation, a remarkable rarity in not just having the same job, but also to consistently perform it at the highest possible level. Perhaps his cadence did slow a bit in the last couple of years, but fans that tuned in and heard his familiar, reassuring voice still knew that for the next three hours they were in good hands. For baseball lovers, this was Comfort TV.

His eloquence as a storyteller was unmatched - he could recall moments from games he called decades earlier; he could slide in anecdotes from history or philosophy or popular culture - all without a script, and never miss a pitch call. There's a reason why fans would bring a radio to Dodger Stadium so they could still listen to Scully call the game they watched from the seats.

If he had a signature call (outside of Sandy Koufax’s perfect game, which happened before most of us were old enough to listen), it would be of a hobbled Kirk Gibson’s game-winning home run in the 1988 World Series. In this unforgettable moment he said nothing while Gibson rounded the bases, letting the pictures speak for themselves. Only as the celebration began did he lend his trademark extemporaneous brilliance to the occasion: “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible just happened.”

The big moments didn’t need his help - it was the little moments, the dull moments (frequent in baseball), in which Scully could hold a viewer’s interest like few other broadcasters before or since. His was an old school professionalism that is seemingly lost now, in a world in which calling attention to yourself is the path to more Instagram followers and that’s all that matters.

[24/7 reruns]

Here's a list of episodes for Occasional Wife
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...rQGVebL6QDQQ0N