I try to call the play as quickly as I possibly can and then shut up and let the crowd roar because, to me, the crowd is the most wonderful thing in the whole world when it’s making noise.
VIN SCULLYThe roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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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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I don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.
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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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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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If I categorized home runs that I’ve seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry’s. But I’ve seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson’s was probably the most theatrical home run I’ve ever seen.
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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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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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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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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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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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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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I think when I first started, I tried to make believe I was in the ballpark, sitting next to somebody and just talking. And if you go to a ballgame, and you sit there, you’re not going to talk pitches for three hours.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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I’ve told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
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