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 SCULLYThank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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It’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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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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Good is not good when better is expected.
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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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