# Vin Scully Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 22, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587 "2016-09-22T17:01:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/41 "2016-09-25T20:32:54Z")
Oh, no. I wasn’t implying any disrespect in not doing it. Quite the contrary. I find it classy that they are letting the Dodger players honor their broadcaster in their own unique way and not trying to get in on it. I can only imagine that the entire building to a person will turn and face the pressbox with thunderous applause as soon as the game is over, regardless of result. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/42 "2016-09-25T23:38:22Z")
Extra innings. Many prayers answered. Several remaining in SoCal, I bet, but Bonus Vin has to make folks happy. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/43 "2016-09-25T23:44:47Z")
And Vin gets to call a walk-off home run that clinches the division. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/44 "2016-09-25T23:46:54Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > And Vin gets to call a walk-off home run that clinches the division. Awesome. ETA: [Vin Scully speech | "Hi everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you. " #VinScullyDay | By Los Angeles DodgersFacebook](https://www.facebook.com/Dodgers/videos/10155315151038508/) A good speech, what a humble man. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/45 "2016-09-25T23:52:40Z")
So, Vin Scully’s singing voice is not what I would have imagined. What an incredible (albeit gut-wrenching) game! What a great sendoff for Vin. Good job, Boys In Blue! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/46 "2016-09-26T00:05:42Z")
Now THAT is the way to send Vin off at home! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/47 "2016-09-26T00:08:03Z")
Incredible fact about Vin: Vin Scully started broadcasting in 1950. Connie Mack was manager of the Philadelphia Athletics in 1950. Connie Mack was born when Abraham Lincoln was president. mmm ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/48 "2016-09-26T00:10:07Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Scully’s first season was Connie Mack’s last as an MLB manager. Mack was born during the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln was still president. > [@Little\_Pig](#): > > So Vin Scully will be ending his broadcast career in 2016 where during his first year of broadcasting (1950) there was a major league team being managed by a manager (Mack) who was born in 1862. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Vin Scully started broadcasting in 1950. > > Connie Mack was manager of the Philadelphia Athletics in 1950. > > Connie Mack was born when Abraham Lincoln was president. > mmm OK folks, i think we’ve all absorbed the Connie Mack connection now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/49 "2016-09-26T01:59:15Z")
What an emotional and bittersweet day. From the tragic news this morning, to the storybook ending at Chavez and everything in between. So glad they pulled off a division win on Vin’s last day. So wish they would have warned me that he was going to sing. I did pretty well up until then, only to have all the emotion come out at once. I’m really going to miss hearing a baseball game called by one person. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/50 "2016-09-26T02:08:03Z")
What did he sing? I am hoping it was take me out to the ball game. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/51 "2016-09-26T02:22:41Z")
“Wind Beneath My Wings” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/52 "2016-09-26T10:43:04Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > OK folks, i think we’ve all absorbed the Connie Mack connection now. > > 🙂 Damn, I knew I shoulda read the entire thread. :smack: mmm ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/53 "2016-09-26T23:41:16Z")
Wow, some game yesterday with the salutes to Vin, the drama, and the storybook ending. Thanks muchly to everyone for the links to the articles, videos, etc. I first heard Vin and his partner [Jerry Doggett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Doggett) 50 years ago. They complemented each other well, with Jerry being solid and enthusiastic. Maybe like Watson to Holmes, and they were broadcasting together for 32 years, back when Jerry used a slide rule to calculate batting averages while on the air. When I heard them, Jerry would do the 3rd and 7th innings, and Vin the others in the first 9. One little moment I remember, and of course there is a [SABR triple plays list](http://tripleplays.sabr.org/tp_describe.htm). Looking at Baseball-Reference’s play-by-play for [Saturday, June 6, 1970](http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT197006060.shtml), at Forbes Field: In the top of the 3rd, the Dodgers hit into a triple play. In the bottom of the 3rd the Pirates’s leadoff hitter, Bill Mazeroski, hit a single. Jerry announced, “The Dodgers have set their infield at double-play depth.” From the background, an unmistakeable voice said, “At triple-play depth.” Jerry chuckled and corrected himself. ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/54 "2016-09-26T23:49:33Z")
…and the next hitter, Dock Ellis, also hit a single. Runners at first and second, no out. (The 5 minutes expired while I was editing the previous post.) ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/55 "2016-09-29T18:15:10Z")
Today, a resolution was introduced in Congress to honor Vin. [Pretty cool](http://m.mlb.com/news/article/204052190/us-congress-resolution-honors-vin-scully/). ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/56 "2016-09-29T23:44:30Z")
A little bit lost in the shuffle, but a contemporary and a legend in his own right, Dick Enberg calls his final Padres game tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/57 "2016-09-30T05:28:44Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > A little bit lost in the shuffle, but a contemporary and a legend in his own right, Dick Enberg calls his final Padres game tonight. _ **Oh my!** _ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/58 "2016-10-01T04:54:51Z")
> [@Club\_33](#): > > What an emotional and bittersweet day. From the tragic news this morning, to the storybook ending at Chavez and everything in between. So glad they pulled off a division win on Vin’s last day. So wish they would have warned me that he was going to sing. I did pretty well up until then, only to have all the emotion come out at once. > > I’m really going to miss hearing a baseball game called by one person. John Miller does it when calling SF Giants games on the radio. And yes, he pulls it off. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/59 "2016-10-01T05:09:19Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > John Miller does it when calling SF Giants games on the radio. And yes, he pulls it off. I was not aware. That’s good to hear. Obviously, as a Dodgers fan, I don’t listen to very many Giants games. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587/60 "2016-10-01T05:16:28Z")
> [@Club\_33](#): > > I was not aware. That’s good to hear. Obviously, as a Dodgers fan, I don’t listen to very many Giants games. 🙂 You should listen to this Giants game. It’s a pretty good one. Just saying. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-appreciation-thread/766587.md?page=4)