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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.

Vin Scully

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Vin Scully
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: November 29
Journalist
Sports Commentator
Sportscaster
The Bronx
New York City
Vincent Edward Scully
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.
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