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When 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.

Vin Scully

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.
VIN SCULLY

Bridge Feeling Past Sports Unity Wonderful
I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
VIN SCULLY

Baseball Fever Guess Myself Sports
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.
VIN SCULLY

Game Hate Lonely Love Myself Realistic Road
That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
VIN SCULLY

Audience Crowd Myself Roar Stop Trademark
I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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Hope Light Myself Pieces
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.
VIN SCULLY

Love Myself Player Story Work
It’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
VIN SCULLY

Generation Past Unity Wonderful
I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
VIN SCULLY

Author Business General Military Myself Philosophy
As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
VIN SCULLY

Bright Day Live Smile Yourself
Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
VIN SCULLY

Adventure God Love Thankful Yourself
Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
VIN SCULLY

Drink Illumination Statistics Support
Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
VIN SCULLY

Effect Growth People
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.
VIN SCULLY

God Planning Smile Writing Yourself
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.
VIN SCULLY

Classic Doubt Home Monument Myself See Theatre
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.
VIN SCULLY

Forever Gratitude Honesty Interest Myself
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.
VIN SCULLY

Believe Myself Pitch Start Talk Thinking

When 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.

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When 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.

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