Tag: Vin Scully
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 […]
Halby’s Morsels: Vin Scully, Voice of Voices, reminisces; Boog Sciambi’s growth; In-fighting by Harwell’s kids
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
This season, Jaime Jarrín planned to work about 120 Los Angeles Dodgers games on […]