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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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The charm about baseball is everyone has played it in some form. Everyone relates to it.
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I would always say to kids, don't be afraid to dream, because it can happen.
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It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.
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There's that old saying: Squeeze the juice out of life before life squeezes the juice out of you. I will try to squeeze the remaining juice out of life.
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The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
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When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
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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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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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Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.
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I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things.
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I've always felt that I was talking to one person. But I've never envisioned who that one person is.
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I've always felt, it's a gift of God, whatever I have, whatever has made me do what I do for as long as I do it. But I know I can lose that in one second. A stroke. Whatever. One second. Blow the whole thing. So, when you do think about that, you realize how fortunate and how blessed you've been, and that's really how I feel.
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I would say realistically, and I don't want any headlines, but I would say realistically that next year would be the last year.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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He (Bob Gibson) pitches as though he's double-parked.
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In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened…
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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.
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