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How Vin Scully scored his Dodgers gig at 22 years old
DEEP DIVE Legendary broadcaster Red Barber took a chance on Scully when he asked him to be an announcer for the Dodgers By James Walker - Judith R. Hiltner Announcer Vin Scully of the Los Angeles Dodgers poses for a photo circa 1960s. (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images) This article was originally published on The Conversation. Vin Scully, who died on Aug.
How Vin Scully scored his Dodgers gig at 22 years old
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How Vin Scully scored his Dodgers gig at 22 years old Original
Vin Scully, who died on Aug. 2, 2022, is widely viewed as the greatest baseball announcer of all time. But for an earlier generation, his mentor, Red Barber, held that distinction. In our recent biography “Red Barber: The Life and Legacy of a Broadcasting Legend,” we uncovered moving private letters and public references documenting the rich personal bonds between these two great voices of the game.
The SABR Bookshelf: Winter 2022
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Perfect Eloquence
"A wonderful and long-overdue tribute to a man whom many consider the best sports broadcaster who ever lived."—Library Journal, starred review "Perfect Eloquence is a thumbs up sign for all the Dodger fans who still miss his voice and smile."—Dennis McCarthy, Los Angeles Daily News "Hoffrath deserves a lot of praise for being able to not only collect all these wonderful stories, but also weave them together in a great book that does justice to one of the greatest sports broadcasters of all...
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