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The Press Box

Remembering Vin Scully With Jason Gay

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Bryan is joined by the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay to remember the life and career of Vin Scully, the beloved Dodgers broadcaster who died this week. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Jason Gay Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:16.0

Hello, media consumers. Welcome to the press box. Brian Curtis of the Ringer here along with producer

0:33.9

Kaya McMullen, who was pinch hitting for Erica once again. We're joined today by the Wall Street Journal's Jason Gaye.

0:41.0

Jason, I hate that we have to keep doing these, but we lost another big one.

0:46.0

Vince Scully, Dodgers announcer on two coasts, Chronicler of Bill Buckner's era in Kurt Gibson's shot to Deep Ridefield,

0:55.0

died yesterday at the age of 94. Where do we start with Vince Scully?

1:00.0

I mean, I think you have to start with the how big the era or errors that he spans are.

1:09.0

And this is a person who, you know, when you consider the length of the career, a lot of people pointed to it.

1:14.0

Seven decades in the business, but not just seven decades, seven decades of incredible transition in media.

1:21.0

This is a radio baby who came of age at a time when television was in its infancy, sports television,

1:30.0

and really kind of rode that wave to its summit.

1:34.0

I mean, we're talking about calling baseball games at a time when it was still possible to rivet

1:39.0

two-thirds of the nation to a baseball game. And follow this team in the Dodgers,

1:46.0

which when the time he joined them had just taken aboard Jackie Robinson,

1:51.0

follow them from Brooklyn to Los Angeles at a time of great major league baseball expansion.

1:57.0

And so to represent this westward evolution, not just in baseball, but in the country.

2:03.0

I mean, people came of age in Los Angeles with Vince Scully as their guide.

2:08.0

He is as consequential in Angelino as there's ever been.

2:12.0

I leave that to you as an Angelino now, but I feel he's as vital a part of the soundtrack of that city as anyone who's ever lived.

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