Vin Scully

Top 25 all-time MLB voices who spent their entire careers with one team; First 3: Scully, Uecker, Buck

By and  10/29/2019 2

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

By  09/30/2019 2

  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

By  09/19/2019 1

  He’s sometimes referred to as the ‘Oprah Winfrey of Sports.’ Roy Firestone has done […]

Halby’s Morsels: Scully’s first contract; Voices who do both college and NFL; Analysts doing 2 sports

By  09/16/2019 2

A TMZ story surfaced last week about a letter of agreement covering the employment terms […]

Halby’s Morsels: Vin Scully, Voice of Voices, reminisces; Boog Sciambi’s growth; In-fighting by Harwell’s kids

By  08/20/2019 1

The longtime KNX and KFWB Southern California sports reporter Ted Sobel hosted a gem of a podcast […]

With the passing of his wife, Jaime Jarrin, the 61 year Hispanic Voice of the Dodgers is calling entire schedule

By  08/15/2019 0

  This season, Jaime Jarrín planned to work about 120 Los Angeles Dodgers games on […]

Al Helfer, this year’s Frick winner, was likely the most traveled of all the baseball voices ever honored

By  08/04/2019 0

Ford Frick Award – Fun Facts On NFL Enshrinement Weekend, smack in middle of the […]

50 years ago: MLB and the Moon landing; A look back; Local voices remember their experiences

By  07/18/2019 0

Something divine or celestial had to have taken hold some 50 years ago. It was […]

On MLB’s All-Star Tuesday: A collection of all-time riveting play-by-play calls, position-by-position

By  07/09/2019 2

Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star Game recognizes the best players in the game by position. While […]

1964: Baseball’s best broadcasting year, top to bottom; 25 eventual HOF Ford Frick winners were on the air

By  07/08/2019 3

For baseball broadcasting,  you might say that it was a glorious year, one not surpassed […]

2018: Halby’s sportscasting awards; The best and worst, 50 categories

By  12/24/2018 3

With apologies to Rudy Martzke, the ex-longtime national sports media critic, I humbly share my […]

Scully’s 1965 Koufax call was perfect; yet his most graphic was in 1959, describing a rhubarb at the Coliseum

By  11/28/2018 4

In 1959, some three years before television replay was introduced, there was a wild argument […]