Vin Scully, the voice of the Dodgers for more than six decades, whose folksy manner and melodic language made him a beloved figure in American culture, died Tuesday, the team announced.
A household name in Southern California, where he held a running conversation with baseball fans each season, he was 94.
Koufax later said: “It may sound corny, but I enjoyed listening to Vin call a game almost more than playing in them. … He definitely is the all-century broadcaster as far as I’m concerned.” Scully attended Fordham University and played two seasons in center field for the baseball team. His education was interrupted by a tour of duty in the Navy that ran through 1945, after which his love for the game took a different form.
In truth, his emotions had gotten the best of him — he felt closer to the players in those days and was afraid his voice might crack if he uttered another word — but that sense of reserve became a trademark. There were times when he sounded a bit hackneyed, instilling ordinary moments with great drama. And his factoids — overlooked statistics and historical notes — sometimes ventured south of esoteric.
That was when Scully put his stories and interesting tidbits to best use, walking a thin line by entertaining without distracting from the game. “There’s 29,000 people in the ballpark and a million butterflies,” Scully said, adding later: “A lot of people in the ballpark now are starting to see the pitches with their hearts.”
Fans learned to trust him when the team struggled and he wasn’t afraid to say so. After television took over, his broadcasts retained a familiar tenor; belonging to a generation before instant replay, he still used words to paint a picture. Every game included shots of children in the stands. Every at-bat, it seemed, prompted a quip.
Despite his fame in Los Angeles — a city enamored with celebrity — Scully never sought attention for himself. The Dodgers needed him to make personal appearances to win over fans in those first years on the West Coast, but after that he became increasingly private. There was the death of his first wife, Joan, in 1972. The coroner ruled that the former New York model had succumbed to an accidental overdose of cold and bronchitis medication. Left with three children, Scully soon married Sandi, who was working as a secretary for the Rams, and their family grew to six children.
There was also a stint announcing pro football games — the sport’s quicker pace did not fit his best attributes — and appearances in several movies, including “For Love of the Game” with Kevin Costner. Costas was interviewing Ray Charles when the singer made an off-camera request: He wanted to meet the Dodgers’ play-by-play man.
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