Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
VIN SCULLYIf 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.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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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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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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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.
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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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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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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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Good is not good when better is expected.
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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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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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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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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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