Tag: Los Angeles Dodgers

“If you grew up a fan of sports in Southern California, you had Vin Scully...Jaime Jarrin...Chick Hearn...Ralph Lawler...Every single night you could listen and watch broadcasting greatness."

“I feel really good physically, mentally really good," he said. "I think I could keep working four or five more years, but no, I think this is the precise moment.”

"'The bad news is I told George you might be interested in coming to work for the Yankees. And he told me to stay the f*** out of his business, build me a winner, you have nothing to do with broadcasts. The good news he wants to hire you.'"

Demetri Ravanos and Andy Masur discuss the style and legacy of Vin Scully following his death earlier this week. ITunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/media-noise/id1203576506?i=1000569222383 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1meEteEjZbXWt4j9SjoY6A?si=YDFfVLC4Q1Sc-imAztuHLw iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-media-noise-99061203?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false&autoplay=true Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9iYXJyZXR0c3BvcnRzbWVkaWEuY29tL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdC8 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d3c79ba0-e042-4078-b43e-eb4aa6fb60c8/media-noise ...

Scully was part of the best broadcasters that know how to use that extra pause for added emphasis and let a story breathe for a moment.

ESPN will air an encore presentation of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series as a tribute to Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scull

The Dodgers' President and CEO Stan Kasten released a statement saying, "We have lost an icon. The Dodgers' Vin Scully was one of the greatest voices in all of sports."

"Jeff Passan reports that the agent has sued Gottlieb for libel, alleging that the radio host has defamed him and his company Excel Sports Management."

"If the broadcasters' are not dealing with severe cases of Covid and they have cleared health and safety protocols, it appears the team is open to sending them back out on the road."

“It was one of those things that was like, ‘Okay, I’ll believe this when I see it.’ I imagined Joe Buck would be at Fox calling the World Series and the Super Bowl forever.”