A Voice of Baseball Shapes Life – 66 Years and Counting
Vin Scully is the very definition of “Vinsanity,” a phenomenon, a broadcasting marvel who defies aging. He also despises cliches, let’s the action speak for itself and remains unfailingly objective on the air.
Scully this week announced that he will return as the Dodgers’ golden voice next season, his 66th summer with the club. Even Giants fans would be stubborn not to tip their cap at the class and pedigree of Scully, who is 86 going on 50.
Scully called Don Larsen’s perfect game in 1956, each of Sandy Koufax’s four no-hitters (and 19 in all), Hank Aaron’s 715th home run in 1974. For national television, he called the Mookie Wilson grounder that “gets through Buckner!” in the 1986 World Series and Kirk Gibson’s homer off Dennis Eckersley in the 1988 World Series – “high fly ball into right field … she is … gone!”
Scully was also a lead NFL voice on network television, calling a soaring grab in the 49ers’ NFC Championship Game triumph over Dallas in 1982: “Montana, looking, looking, throwing in the end zone … Clark caught it! Dwight Clark!”
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