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Los Angeles is known for many things.Perfect weather, beautiful waves and the Hollywood Strip are all here city of angels is mentioned.
But for those lucky enough to have grown up in Los Angeles, those who understand the role at least a little. sport is played in many livesthere is a certain person, a certain voice that comes to mind first.
Vin Scully.
For years, it was Scully who weaved the stories of LA’s hometown heroes into Dodgers fan’s living rooms and cars. She taught fans the game of baseball, united her family after dinner, and it was Scully’s soothing tone of voice that still reminds her of her hometown.
Longtime Dodgers play-by-play announcer Vin Scully dies at 94
Dodgers great Steve Garvey perfected what Scully meant for the city of Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
“Every great city has a resonance” Garvey told MLB Network“And there’s one distinct sound in Los Angeles, and that’s been Vin Scully’s voice for years. I think some people are named after roads, others have towns and mountains and rivers. But Vin was more than that.
“His voice resonated. The Dodgers were amazing with his voice continuing to come and go around the stadium. And to hear it every day when people walked into Dodger Stadium was amazing.” , it’s a relief that they’re coming home as fans.When you go to Dodgers Stadium, Vin is there in spirit.”
Vin Scully died Tuesday night at the age of 94.
For many people Scully hit the house harder than I originally thought. After all, most of us have never met the man, let alone had a chance to talk to him. Still, his death felt like he lost an old friend.
Remembering Vin Scully: A Tribute to the Legendary Dodgers Station
Growing up in the San Fernando Valley was more than just that. far from dodger stadiumthe sound of Scully’s voice takes me back to another time. To a simpler time when the game of baseball was always on my mind.
For those of you who don’t know, the weather in Los Angeles isn’t perfect everywhere. The valley is hot. And when I say hot, I mean 100+ degrees in the summer, with a beach miles away and a dreadful drive down the 405 freeway.
Like many people growing up as children, my upbringing did not include central cooling. I don’t want to sound like a miserable existence (I had a great childhood), but in the summer the only cool place was my parents’ bedroom with a window AC unit.
There was also a radio in that room.
Some of my earliest memories include quietly walking into my parents’ room, swallowing the cold air, and watching the greatest baseball announcer of all time explain perfectly what’s going on miles down the road in Chavez Valley. I have heard something else.
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Scully’s style was unlike any other. He wasn’t afraid of silence, and the sounds of the stadium slowly enveloped the listener, making him feel as if he were sitting along the third bassline happily eating a bag of peanuts.
Vin’s contributions to baseball will live on for generations past his time. Those lucky enough to hear his call game will tell his story to his children and grandchildren.
My grandfather spoke very fondly of scully throughout my childhood and often informed me about scully thread from the night before, so I was.
He used to run a one-man booth in my day, which is quite different from today’s broadcasts, where all three men often compete for airtime. There is no other way to obtain it.
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he called the 25 World SeriesHank Aaron’s 715th home run, 20 no-hitters, and three perfect games allowed fans outside of LA to realize his greatness.
But for the boys and girls who grew up in Los Angeles, Vin will always be the voice of the Dodgers, the voice of baseball, the voice of our childhood.
His passing is sad news for all who call themselves fans of the game, but remember what Vin told us all in his final broadcast of 2016.
“Don’t be sad just because it’s over. Smile because you woke up.”
Remembering Vin Scully’s voice makes us all smile and remind us of how we’re back in better times when all that mattered was the sound of the stadium and the sound of the bat.
Vin, thank you for being the voice of baseball and the voice of my city. A baseball game and the city of Los Angeles will never forget you.