Tag: Vin Scully
Halby’s Morsels: Vin Scully and boss Walter O’Malley; 50 years of MNF; Keith Jackson; Ernie Harwell
Vin Scully has often said that baseball broadcast pioneer Red Barber was like a […]
Vin Scully talks about this season, the broadcasts and more; Says twin bills should be 9 and 7 innings
This week, I had a chance to catch up with icon Vin Scully who […]
The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game in ’57; Vin Scully called it; Nothing official was said about LA
I’m sure this has happened to you from time to time, particularly when trying […]
Halby’s Morsels: Age precautions; Orioles shut down their regulars; MLB and NBA broadcasts; War stories
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, there is a restart. But do we know what to […]
Didn’t go to Syracuse? Over 150 sports voices went to colleges elsewhere and did just fine too
It’s conventional knowledge. Syracuse University is the Harvard or Yale for future sports broadcasters. […]
Jon Miller: When a hitter leaves the box, he gets warned. If he leaves again, it’s an automatic strike!
In part two of our interview with Jon Miller, we took a deeper dive […]
Leading network voices: Their early heroes, idols, influences, mentors and professional role models
I reached out to a renowned group of network voices who for decades shepherded millions […]
Halby’s Morsels: Ex voice, survivor of Wichita State’s 1970 plane crash, is 100!; ESPN’s analysts-only game
There aren’t any 100 year old sports announcers, current or retired, at least anyone I […]
CBS’ Director Bob Fishman enters the Sports Broadcasting HOF 60 years after being inspired by Vin Scully
In 1959 when Bob Fishman was ten years old living in the Virgin Islands, […]
Top 25 all-time MLB voices who spent their entire careers with one team; First 3: Scully, Uecker, Buck
In 1974, Marty Brennaman arrived in Cincinnati and told it as he saw it for […]
With 44,000 sets in U.S., the first World Series telecast was 72 years ago today; See timeline: 1947-2019
Seventy two years ago today, history was made. The first ever World Series game […]
Ex-ESPN interviewer Roy Firestone: To fans, Vin Scully is a father figure and Chick Hearn was a friend
He’s sometimes referred to as the ‘Oprah Winfrey of Sports.’ Roy Firestone has done […]