On Jul 29, 2:44 pm, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > All of that to say that I also grew up loving Vin Scully. I had one of > those "pitch back" things in my back yard, and I used to "pitch" the > entire game, listening to Scully and imaging he was calling my > pitches. I would fall asleep on warm summer nights with his voice > flowing out of the transistor radio on my pillow. Even as a kid, with > very little other models to compare him too (Dick Enberg doing the > Angels, also very good, and Curt Gowdy I suppose on NBC's Game of the > Week - not very good) I knew that Scully was the absolute best.
We were truly blessed in LA in the 70s: Vinny and Enberg doing the Dodgers and Angels, Chick Hearn on the Lakers, and Bob Miller calling the Kings. I must say Vin is as good as he ever was, and a small part of me will die when he finally signs off. --Dave Sikula --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
