Vin Scully
Vin Scully | |
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B.A. ) | |
Occupation | Sportscaster |
Years active | 1949–2016 |
Spouses | Joan Crawford
(m. 1957; died 1972)Sandra Hunt
(m. 1973; died 2021) |
Children | 4 |
Awards |
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Sports commentary career | |
Team | Brooklyn Dodgers / Los Angeles Dodgers (1950–2016) |
Genre | Play-by-play |
Sport(s) | Major League Baseball NFL football PGA Tour golf |
Employer | CBS Sports (1975–1982) NBC Sports (1983–1989) |
Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022) was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcast work in Major League Baseball. Scully was the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers for sixty-seven years, beginning in 1950 and ending in 2016. He is considered by many to be the greatest sports broadcaster of all time.
Born in
In addition to Dodgers baseball, Scully called various nationally-televised football and golf contests for CBS Sports from 1975 to 1982, and was the lead baseball play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports from 1983 to 1989. He also called the World Series for CBS Radio from 1979 to 1982 and again from 1990 to 1997.
For his long and distinguished career, Scully was honored with a star of the
Early life
Born in the Bronx, Scully grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.[1] His father, Vincent Aloysius Scully, was a silk salesman; his mother, Bridget (née Freehill), was a homemaker.[2] He was of Irish descent. His biological father died of pneumonia when Scully was four, and his mother later married an English merchant sailor named Allan Reeve, whom Scully considered "my dad".[3] He had one sibling, a younger sister who died of brain cancer in 2002, aged 67. Scully attended Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx.[4] He worked delivering beer and mail, pushing garment racks and cleaning silver in the basement of the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City.[5]
Scully discovered his love of baseball at age eight when he saw the results of the second game of the
Broadcasting career
Fordham and CBS Radio
After serving in the
Red Barber, the sports director of the CBS Radio Network, recruited Scully for its college football coverage. Scully impressed his boss with his coverage of a November 1949 University of Maryland versus Boston University football game from frigid Fenway Park in Boston, despite having to do so from the stadium roof. Expecting an enclosed press box, Scully had left his coat and gloves at his hotel, but never mentioned his discomfort on the air; the game proved an exciting affair that attracted Barber to ask him for further assignments.[10][11] Barber mentored Scully, and Scully would follow Barber's advice on being an impartial announcer without blatant "homer" connections. When the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, management had approached Scully about taking a pro-Dodger tone now that the team was the only one in its city (as the minor league Los Angeles teams had done) to which Scully responded weeks later by saying he would stick to objective and factual coverage.[12]
Dodgers (1950–2016)
"It's time for Dodger baseball! Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good afternoon/evening to you, wherever you may be."
— Scully's signature introduction to Dodger games.
Brooklyn (1950–1957)
After Ernie Harwell left the Dodgers' radio and television booths for the crosstown Giants before the 1950 season, Scully replaced Harwell, joining Barber and Connie Desmond.[13]
When Barber got into a salary dispute with
Los Angeles (1958–2016)
Beginning with the 1958 season, Scully accompanied the Dodgers to their new location and quickly became popular in Southern California. During the Dodgers' first four seasons in Los Angeles, inexperienced baseball fans had difficulty following the action in the very large Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and it soon became common for them to bring transistor radios to the games to hear Scully and Jerry Doggett describe the action, a practice that continued even after the team moved to the much smaller Dodger Stadium for the 1962 baseball season. Radio and television engineers often had difficulty compensating for the sound of Scully's play-by-play reverberating through the stands at Dodgers home games.[15]
In 1964, the New York Yankees offered Scully the job to replace the recently fired Mel Allen as their lead play-by-play announcer.[16] Scully declined the offer and chose to remain with the Dodgers. By 1976, his popularity in Los Angeles had become such that Dodger fans voted him the "most memorable personality" in the history of the franchise.[17]
Before 1966, local announcers exclusively called the World Series. Typically, the
Unlike the typical modern style in which multiple sportscasters have an on-air conversation (usually with one functioning as
On August 28, 2015, the Dodgers announced—via a series of cue cards presented by comedian Jimmy Kimmel on the Dodger Stadium video board—that Scully would be back for the 2016 season, his 67th with the Dodgers.[23] At a press conference August 29, Scully said 2016 would probably be his final year. "I mean, how much longer can you go on fooling people? So yeah, I would be saying, 'Dear God, if you give me next year, I will hang it up.'"[24]
Scully's final regular season game broadcast from Dodger Stadium occurred on September 25, 2016 as the Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on a walk-off home run by Charlie Culberson to clinch the National League West Division title. His final game was broadcast from San Francisco's Oracle Park on October 2, 2016.[25]
CBS Sports (1975–1982)
From 1975 to 1982, Scully was employed by
Scully also contributed to the network's PGA Tour golf coverage, usually working with Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, and Ben Wright. From 1975 to 1982, he was part of the team that covered the Masters Tournament for CBS.[28] He also worked occasional tennis events for the network. Scully's CBS commitments led to his working a reduced schedule with the Dodgers, who hired Ross Porter to cover for games that Scully couldn't call.[29]
Scully also had his first of two stints calling baseball for CBS Radio during this period, broadcasting the All-Star Game from 1977 to 1982 (usually paired with Brent Musburger)[30] and the World Series from 1979 to 1982 (alongside Sparky Anderson).[31]
Departure from CBS
According to CBS Sports producer Terry O'Neil in the book The Game Behind the Game, Scully decided to leave CBS in favor of a job calling baseball games for NBC (beginning in 1983) following a dispute over assignment prominence.[32] CBS decided going into the 1981 NFL season that John Madden, whom CBS had hired in 1979 and who had called games alongside Frank Glieber and Gary Bender his first two years, was going to be the star color commentator of their NFL television coverage. But they had trouble figuring out who was going to be his play-by-play partner, since Scully was in a battle with CBS' lead play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall for the position. At the time Scully was the number two announcer for CBS, a position he had held since 1975, and was calling games alongside the former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Hank Stram, who had been promoted from CBS' number three broadcast team alongside Curt Gowdy.[33]
To resolve the situation, both Scully and Summerall were paired with Madden[33] in four-week stretches, which coincided with each of their respective absences due to other engagements. While Summerall was away calling the US Open tennis tournament for CBS as he did every September, Scully called the first four weeks of the season alongside Madden. After that Scully went on to cover the National League Championship Series and World Series for CBS Radio, as he had done for the past few Octobers, and Summerall returned to the broadcast booth to work with Madden. Scully then teamed with Stram for the remainder of the NFL season.[33][34]
After the eighth week of the NFL season, CBS Sports decided that Summerall meshed more with Madden than Scully did and it named him to be the announcer who would call Super Bowl XVI for CBS on January 24, 1982, at the Pontiac Silverdome. An angry Scully, who felt that his intelligence had been insulted by the move,[33] was assigned as a consolation prize that year's NFC Championship Game, which he called alongside Stram. Summerall took Stram's place alongside Jack Buck to call the game over CBS Radio.[33]
NBC Sports (1983–1989)
Outside of Southern California, Vin Scully is best remembered for his stint as NBC Sports' lead play-by-play announcer for its Major League Baseball coverage from 1983 to 1989. In addition to working Saturday Game of the Week telecasts for NBC, Scully called three World Series (1984, 1986, and 1988), four National League Championship Series (1983, 1985, 1987, and 1989), and four All-Star Games (1983, 1985, 1987, and 1989). Scully also reworked his Dodgers schedule during this period, broadcasting the team's home games on radio and road games on television, with Fridays and Saturdays off so he could work for NBC. During his stint at NBC, Scully provided the call for one of baseball's most memorable plays when Bill Buckner made a tenth-inning error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets.[35] Scully also called Kirk Gibson's famous home run during Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.[36]
Teaming with
On Saturday, June 3, 1989, Scully was doing the play-by-play for the NBC Game of the Week in St. Louis, where the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings. Meanwhile, the Dodgers were playing a series in Houston, where Scully flew to be on hand to call the Sunday game of the series. However, the Saturday night game between the teams was going into extra innings when Scully arrived in town, so he went to the Astrodome instead of his hotel. He picked up the play-by-play, helping to relieve the other Dodger announcers, who were doing both television and radio, and broadcast the final 13 innings (after already calling 10 innings in St. Louis), as the game went 22 innings. He broadcast 23 innings in one day in two different cities.[38]
Scully also served as an announcer for NBC's golf coverage from 1983 to 1990, usually teaming with Lee Trevino.[41]
After NBC (1990–2016)
After the National League Championship Series in 1989, Scully's NBC contract was up and he left to focus primarily on his duties with the Dodgers. Scully also returned to being the national radio announcer for the World Series, since CBS Radio gave him the position that Jack Buck had vacated in order to become the primary announcer for CBS's television coverage of Major League Baseball. Scully worked the event from 1990 through 1997,[42] teaming with Johnny Bench for the first four years and Jeff Torborg for the final three. After ESPN Radio acquired the World Series radio rights from CBS in 1998, Scully was offered a continued play-by-play role but declined.[43] The final World Series game that Scully called was Game 7 of the 1997 World Series between the Florida Marlins and Cleveland Indians.[44]
From 1991 to 1996, Scully broadcast the annual golf
For health reasons, Scully no longer called most non-playoff games played east of Denver beginning around 2005.[48][49] He missed most of the Dodgers' opening homestand of the 2012 MLB season (the first five out of six games) because of an illness, returning to the announcers' booth on April 15, 2012, which was the 65th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier in baseball. It was only the second time that Scully had missed a Dodger Stadium home opener in his career with the team; the first time was when he was busy broadcasting the Masters golf tournament for CBS in 1977.[50]
By his final season in 2016, Scully called approximately 100 games per season (all home games and select road games in San Francisco, San Diego, and Anaheim) for both
Retirement
On January 31, 2016, Scully announced that he planned to retire from broadcasting after the conclusion of the 2016 season; his final game was the team's October 2 finale at San Francisco. Scully left open the possibility of calling postseason games (but not the World Series) if the Dodgers were to advance; in September, however, Scully stated that he would retire after the end of the regular season and not call postseason games because he did not want to "say goodbye 12 different times". Scully was assigned a total of six road games for the 2016 season: the opening game in San Diego, two games in Anaheim, and the entirety of the three-game regular-season closing series in San Francisco.[53]
Scully was honored by the Dodgers during their September 23 home game against the Rockies, which featured a pre-game ceremony that paid tribute to his career. The ceremony included speeches by Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred, Sandy Koufax, Clayton Kershaw, Mayor Eric Garcetti, the team's Spanish play-by-play man Jaime Jarrín (who took over Scully's distinction as the longest-tenured broadcaster in 2017), Kevin Costner, and Scully himself. The team also unveiled that Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run had been named the most memorable Vin Scully call in a fan vote.[54]
His final home game was on September 25, 2016, against the visiting
You and I have been friends for a long time, but I know in my heart that I've always needed you more than you've ever needed me, and I'll miss our time together more than I can say. But you know what? There will be a new day and eventually a new year. And when the upcoming winter gives way to spring, rest assured, once again it will be "time for Dodger baseball." So this is Vin Scully wishing you a very pleasant good afternoon, wherever you may be.[58]
The following season, the Dodgers advanced to the World Series for the first time in 29 years. Despite many Dodgers fans petitioning Scully to come out of retirement, including Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck (who was quoted as saying, "I swear on my late father, to have Vin come do some of the series with us and in my place would be an honor"), Scully declined, preferring to keep a low profile and responding that "I've done enough of them."[59] Scully did, however, take part in the first pitch ceremony prior to Game 2 with Steve Yeager and Fernando Valenzuela, teammates on the Dodgers team that won the 1981 World Series.[60]
In 2020, he was auctioning sports memorabilia in part to donate to neuromuscular research.[61] After the Dodgers World Series win in 2020, it was announced that Scully would narrate the team's year-end championship documentary.[62]
Other appearances
In 1970,
Besides his sportscasting work, Scully was the uncredited narrator for the short-lived NBC sitcom
Scully was the announcer in the popular
In 1965, Scully recorded two spoken word songs as part of the album The Sound of the Dodgers: "What Is A Dodger?" and "The Story Of The L. A. Dodgers".[68]
Impersonators
San Francisco Giants broadcaster Jon Miller is known for his impersonation of Scully.[71]
Awards and honors
Scully received the
On an episode of MLB Network's series Prime 9, about the nine greatest baseball broadcasters of all-time, Scully was named No. 1.[79]
Scully has a star on the
WFUV, the Fordham University radio station that Scully helped found, presents an annual Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award for sports broadcasting. Scully himself was the inaugural recipient of the award in 2008.[82]
Scully served as the
On September 5, 2014, Bud Selig presented Scully with the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award. He was the 14th recipient and (after Rachel Robinson) second non-player to receive the award, which was created to recognize accomplishments and contributions of historical significance to the game of baseball.[85]
Several honors were bestowed in 2016, Scully's final year. On January 29, the
In 2017, Scully's commentary for the final Brooklyn Dodgers/New York Giants game in 1957 was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant".[90] Also in 2017, Scully won the Icon Award as part of that year's ESPY Awards ceremony.[91]
At Game 2 of the 2017 World Series, being played at Dodger Stadium, Scully participated in a pre-game ceremony; addressing the crowd over the PA system, he implied that he was about to throw the ceremonial first pitch, and introduced Steve Yeager to serve as a ceremonial catcher. However, Scully then claimed that he could not actually pitch because he had hurt his rotator cuff, resulting in him introducing the actual ceremonial pitcher, Fernando Valenzuela. Scully also uttered his famous introduction, "It's time for Dodger baseball!"[92]
Personal life
In 1972, Scully's 35-year-old wife Joan Crawford died of an accidental medical overdose; the couple had been married for 15 years. In late 1973, he married Sandra Hunt, who had two children of her own, and they soon had a child together.[93] Scully's eldest son, Michael, died in a helicopter crash at the age of 33 while working for the ARCO Transportation Company. He was inspecting oil pipelines for leaks near Fort Tejon, California, in the immediate aftermath of the 1994 Northridge earthquake.[94]
Although Michael's death still haunted him, Scully, a devout
In November 2017, Scully stated that he would "never watch another NFL game again," due to some of the league's players
Scully had four children, two stepchildren, twenty-one grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. He resided in Thousand Oaks, California, and attended St. Jude the Apostle Church in Westlake Village, California.[98] He was a second cousin of the former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mary Freehill.[99]
Scully and his second wife Sandra were married for 48 years until Sandra's death from
Death
On August 2, 2022, Scully died at home in Hidden Hills, California, at age 94.[101] His funeral was held at St. Jude the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, in Westlake Village, California, on August 8.[102]
Upon his death, Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of Baseball, released a statement:
Today, we mourn the loss of a legend in our game. Vin was an extraordinary man whose gift for broadcasting brought joy to generations of Dodger fans. In addition, his voice played a memorable role in some of the greatest moments in the history of our sport. I am proud that Vin was synonymous with baseball because he embodied the very best of our National Pastime. As great as he was as a broadcaster, he was equally great as a person. On behalf of Major League Baseball, I extend my deepest condolences to Vin's family, friends, Dodger fans and his admirers everywhere.[103]
The Dodgers had just beaten the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park when Scully's death was announced by public address announcer Renel Brooks-Moon. The Giants, who had been Scully's favorite team growing up, paid tribute to Scully on their video board while the Dodgers team gathered on the field.[104]
Afterwards, Dodger fans left tributes to Scully at the entrance of Dodger Stadium where the address bore his name. Broadcasters, sports teams, politicians, and athletes paid tribute to Scully as well.[105]
On August 6, the Dodgers held a pre-game ceremony during which a tribute video was played and photo montage was shown. Outside the television booth, from where Scully broadcast games, hung a banner saying "We'll miss you". Manager Dave Roberts ended the pre-game ceremony with Scully's iconic catch phrase: "It's time for Dodger baseball!"[106]
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Further reading
Books
- Smith, Curt (1992). Voices of the Game: The Acclaimed Chronicle of Baseball Radio and Television Broadcasting - from 1921 to the Present. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0671738488.
- Smith, Curt (2010). Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story. Potomac Books. ISBN 978-1-59797-661-9.
Interviews
- "My Shot: Vin Scully (originally from March 2012)". Golf Digest. August 3, 2022.
Articles
- Orfalea, Gregory (April 24, 2016). "The Rare Vin Scully". The Atlantic.
- Rushin, Steve (August 4, 2022). "The Smaller Vin Scully Made Himself, the Larger He Became". Sports Illustrated.
- Verducci, Tom (December 29, 2022). "The Beautiful Life of Vin Scully". Sports Illustrated.
External links
- Vin Scully: 1982 Ford C. Frick Award winner at the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Vin Scully at the Radio Hall of Fame
- Vin Scully at the SABR Baseball Biography Project
- Vin Scully at IMDb