Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
VIN SCULLYWhen 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.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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It’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That’s the kind of thing that I love to do.
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Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
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To be honest, I’ve never been interested in how many games I’ve done and seen. It doesn’t mean anything to anybody. All I know is I’m eternally grateful for having been allowed to work so many games.
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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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In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you’re no longer a fan. I don’t root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself.
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