You can almost taste the pressure now.
VIN SCULLYYou can almost taste the pressure now.
VIN SCULLYIt’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
VIN SCULLYLosing feels worse than winning feels good.
VIN SCULLYIt’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 SCULLYI don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.
VIN SCULLYIf 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 SCULLYBe a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
VIN SCULLYGood is not good when better is expected.
VIN SCULLYI’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
VIN SCULLYI’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
VIN SCULLYStatistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
VIN SCULLYI 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 SCULLYIn all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you’re no longer a fan. I don’t root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself.
VIN SCULLYAlmost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
VIN SCULLYI guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
VIN SCULLYDon’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
VIN SCULLY