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I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road.

Vin Scully

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Vin Scully
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: November 29
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The Bronx
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Vincent Edward Scully
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
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I don't watch teams other than Dodgers on TV and I watch the Dodgers games sparingly. I like to refresh my mind at night, so I like to read. For me, watching baseball at night, it would be like an insurance man reading actuary tables. I like to escape.
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Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all?
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The only difference between a winning team and a losing team is one game. The winning team can win two out of three games...the losing team can only win one out of three.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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