As expected, the season ending Giants-Dodgers series this weekend at AT&T was fabulous. The fans gave the long time voice of our hated rivals a standing ovation before the game, holding up thank-you signs at him. The Giants let him do one whole inning on their local cablecast, and did a Cubs style sing along of Take Me Out To The Ballgame in his honor. (And of course, the Giants swept the Dodgers, earning the second Wildcard position, and kept alive our dream of a 4th straight even-year World Series championship).
I forgot what it was like to hear Vin do an inning of a game; I remembered of course that he worked along, but forgot the virtuosity of his ability to tell a rich and complex story, in a leisurely and folks manner, all the while punctuating it with the call of the game. Such a pleasure. I regard my opportunity to grow up listening to the two best sports announcers in the history of the game (Vin and Lakers play by play man Chick Hearn) to have been a real blessing (not to mention Dick Enberg, who did Angels and Rams games). Here is a LAT story that describes Vin's last game well: http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-scully-dodgers-plaschke-20161002-snap-story.html http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-scully-dodgers-plaschke-20161002-snap-story.html On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:22 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Luckily for us in NorCal, Vinnie's last games will be in San Francisco. > Our announcers have been telling Scully stories all year (and right now a > lot, as the Giants are breaking our hearts in Los Angeles now). I'm sure > they will be doing some special things for his last game (Scully grew up a > Giants fan). > > Like every other boy that grew up in LA, Vinnie's voice soothed me to > sleep almost every summer night. Even though I grew up hating the Dodgers, > I loved him, and how gracious, rational, closely observed and articulate he > was. > > But, I can't believe they have not figured it how to get that Dodger > channel thing worked out yet. And while this is a nice thing to do for the > fans in LA, the stated reason that it will convince locals to demand > SportsNet seems ridiculous; Scully's last years would have been the best > possible inducement for anyone who has not already been pressuring for it; > his retirement is more a reason to forget about it. > > > On Wednesday, 21 September 2016, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Moi, September 6th: >>> >>> >>> (I tried to post these a few days ago, until off-and-on telco issues and >>> a malware infection of our computer shut me down.) >>> >>> Simulcast with Sportsnet LA. Vin Scully Night ceremonies, during the >>> first series vs. the Rockies, are included. Whatever talks existed between >>> Charter and other carriers appear to be on hold till winter. >>> >>> LA Times >>> <http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-tv-scully-20160902-snap-story.html> >>> (link) >>> >>> Before these, tonight (21), ESPN will simulcast Scully's fourth inning >> vs. the Padres from SNLA, with additional tributes throughout the game. >> >> EMZ >> <http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/09/espn-honor-vin-scully-giantsdodgers-wednesday-night-baseball/?utm_source=MediaZone+Newsletter&utm_campaign=740c0839c5-MediaZone_Daily_RSSFed_Digest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7945c623e5-740c0839c5-120659509> >> (link) >> >> B >> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
