Vin Scully quotes

Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination. (Vin Scully)
As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day. View quote
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I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road. View quote
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I'm going to sit back, light up, and hope I don't chew the cigarette to pieces. View quote
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The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given. View quote
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(Roberto) Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania. View quote
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It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star Game and an old timer's game. View quote
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good. View quote
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Good is not good when better is expected. View quote
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating. View quote
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It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner. (Vin Scully)
It's time for Dodger baseball! View quote
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"High (drive/fly ball) into (left/center/etc.) field, and deep. Back goes (fielder's name), a-way back, it's gone!" (Or "... to the [warning] track, to the [fence/wall], gone!") View quote
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It's a passing of a great American tradition. It is sad. I really and truly feel that. It will leave a vast window, to use a Washington word, where people will not get Major League Baseball and I think that's a tragedy. View quote
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A little roller up along first; behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight and the Mets win it! View quote
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Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good (afternoon/evening) to you, wherever you may be. View quote
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Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all? View quote
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump. View quote
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You can almost taste the pressure now. View quote
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It's a great time of the year... if you can stand it. View quote
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When 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 Scully)
I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book. View quote
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It'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. View quote
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You know, friends, so many people have wished me congratulations on a 67-year career in baseball, and they've wished me a wonderful retirement with my family, and now, all I can do is tell you what I wish for you. May God give you, for every storm, a rainbow; for every tear, a smile; for every care, a promise; and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life seems, a faithful friend to share; for every sigh, a sweet song, and an answer for each prayer. You and I have been friends for a long time, but I know, in my heart, 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, ooh, rest assured, once again, it will be time for Dodger baseball. So, this is Vin Scully wishing you a pleasant good afternoon, wherever you may be. View quote
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We have reached the bottom of the 9th inning, and now it is happening, what we normally experience at any ballpark when a visiting pitcher is so close to greatness, even the hometown fans come to root for him. He has come too far, he has journeyed too long to drop it. View quote
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