That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
VIN SCULLYThat really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
VIN SCULLYI guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
VIN SCULLYWhen 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 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 SCULLYAs long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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 SCULLYIt’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
VIN SCULLYI’ve told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
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 SCULLYLosing feels worse than winning feels good.
VIN SCULLYOne of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella’s line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.
VIN SCULLYA man really determines himself by what he does.
VIN SCULLYDon’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
VIN SCULLYI’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
VIN SCULLYBe a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
VIN SCULLYIt’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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