DODGERS The VIN SCULLY Thread

Discussion in 'Los Angeles DODGERS' started by irish, Sep 22, 2016.

  1. FerrariF2004

    FerrariF2004 DSP Regular

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    Costner's tribute was outstanding.

    It starts to hit home that the end is near
     
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    Alright, who cried?
     
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    That was beautiful.

    An amazing sendoff for the man that is Dodger baseball.

    Just wonderful.
     
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  4. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    better yet
    who didn't?

    side note: nice to see gibson back in a dodgers uni
     
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    Privileged enough to be here at the stadium. Legit tears throughout the ceromony. I felt like I was in a movie. So blessed to be at his tribute. I am speechless.
     
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  6. irish

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    we don't believe you're there
    you need to run onto the field and get arrested to prove it
     
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  7. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    nvm
    beach ball on the field
    you must be there :poke:
     
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    X2
     
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  9. N.Z

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    Man, Costner was awesome.
     
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    Ceremony befitting the man.

    Well done, Dodger organization. Nice touch with both teams lining the basepaths for the anthem.

    Granted, he's a distant second to Vin, but is there any doubt that Sandy is the most popular Dodger player ever? He seems to resonate with all generations.
     
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    Dances With Wolves.
     
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    Whelp. It has hit me. Bad.

    My wife probably thought I was nuts, but I cried myself to sleep last night. It hit me so hard that the best friend I've never met will no longer be in my car, my living room, or tuck me in. Not only was Vin the best to ever do it, but he was a comfort to me and so many others.

    No longer will the dueces be wild. Pitchers won't be up to their hips in alligators. Runners won't be sliding into third base with a belly whopper. I don't really have the words to express how great of a broadcaster he truly was and how many wonderful memories I have listening to him. But I know you all understand (some, even moreso).

    I cry not only for losing a loved one like Vin, but cry for my selfishness and unwillingness to let this beautiful man enjoy his final years.

    This is difficult for me. I knew this day would come. As we draw closer to "our final 3 outs" with Vin, as Costner put it so beautifully...it has finally come.

    God bless you, Vin. I miss you already.

    I'm glad he won't be doing Postseason. I can't say goodbye again. I totally understand his decision now.
     
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    Nice post, TB.
     
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    All of you have put it so well, can't really add too much to what has been said...

    Gonna miss ya calling games, Vin.
     
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    It was unreal to be there and be besides so many ppl sobbing at the whole spectacle. I'll never forget it, and Vin was perfect when he spoke
     
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    For me, the tears came, strangely in way, when the camera panned the Dodger dugout when Vinny was speaking....and Chase Utley, a guy who I at one time hated, but no longer do of course, was standing there transfixed with his hands clasped together on his chest like a swooning schoolgirl.
    The enraptured look on his face hanging on Vinny's words, just struck me through as to what it really takes to do that to a grown man like Utley.
    True power, I now know, is to have the power, but to not use it...just like Vinny.
     
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    Walking through the tunnel of players at the end was awesome. Symbolic of the Boys of Sumner, the Infield, Sandy, Clayton, and all eras in between that wore that prestigious uniform...saying goodbye.
     
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    something struck me the other day going through the lakers thread
    i used to be a huge laker fan
    followed the team religiously
    from the late 60's through the early 2000's
    still a fan
    but i'd have a hard time telling you who's on the team
    what happened?
    took me a while to figure it out
    and then with all the festivities last night, it finally hit me
    chick hearn
    like vinny, he had always been there
    just wasn't the same listening to/watching laker games without chick
    i doubt vin's leaving will have the same effect on me
    i always been a bigger dodger fan than laker fan
    but it showed me how big an impact an announcer can make
    and how truly lucky and blessed we've all been
    to think we've all had vinny, chick and bob miller all these years...
    thank you god
    go dodgers!
     
  19. irish

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    • Dodgers fans brought radios to Dodger Stadium Saturday night as a throwback salute to Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, who credits the transistor as the "single greatest break" of his 67-year career. In 1958, when the Dodgers moved west and played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, fans toted radios to hear Scully describe the players and action that was too far away to see well in the vast stadium.
     

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