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 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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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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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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I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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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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Good is not good when better is expected.
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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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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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One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella’s line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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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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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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