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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.

Vin Scully

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’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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God Planning Smile Writing Yourself
Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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Feeling Goodness Lose Winning Worst
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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Alone Book Cherish Goodness Moments Myself
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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Adventure God Love Thankful Yourself
It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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Easy Lazy Run
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 SCULLY

Hope Myself Noise Play Quick Try Whole World
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
I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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Author Business General Military Myself Philosophy
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
Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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Blow Dreams Faith God Steal Wind
I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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Baseball Fever Guess Myself Sports
The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
VIN SCULLY

Audience Crowd Intoxication Music Roar Sweet
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

Crawl Myself Old Small
I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
VIN SCULLY

Hope Light Myself Pieces

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