I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
VIN SCULLYI guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
VIN SCULLYStatistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
VIN SCULLYThank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
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.
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 SCULLYDon’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
VIN SCULLYBe a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
VIN SCULLYA man really determines himself by what he does.
VIN SCULLYI don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.
VIN SCULLYIt’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
VIN SCULLYLosing feels worse than winning feels good.
VIN SCULLYI 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 SCULLYThe roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
VIN SCULLYI 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 SCULLYI’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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 SCULLY