Vin does not talk about his childhood very much. I think that this article should shed a little understanding why Vin doesn't want to make the East Coast and Midwest road trips anymore.

In the 70s, he also broadcast pro football and the PGA, so he didn't have much of an off-season until he was near the age when a lot of people retire.

This is not to criticize Scully. A man with kids, especially as many as he had, feels primal pressures to be the breadwinner. If it's a choice between time off or more money in the kitty for college tuition, most men reach for the money. It's in our DNA.

I think Joe Blanton with throw 110 pitches today, whether he gives up 0 runs or 110. Of course, I'm fasting Joe Blanton right now, so I can't watch him, so I guess I'll be watching the batter or the shortstop or the right fielder or something.

Happy father's day to you too.

Was this something that occurred more after his son passed away?

That being said, he seems to be a genuinely happy and upbeat guy most of the time.

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He talked about going on road trips and spending a lot of time hanging out in bookstores and reading James Joyce all the time. He spoke a lot about how much time he was missing with his family then.

There were photos of Vin's first wife there too. I believe they were set up by someone in the Dodgers front office.

It's a very interesting read if you ever get a chance to see it. You can view pdfs of the LA Times online at a lot of libraries.

Vin reading Finnegan's Wake in a bookstore for grins..... =) What a nice image.

Next time I'm in a big research library, I'll look those articles up. I don't think our version of Proquest Historical Newspapers includes the LAT.

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I won't be seeing the whole game today. It's a good day to interact with the outside world.

Homers by Granderson, Guillen, and Shelton.

Another thing about sportscasting that would drive me batty is all the downtime between games.

Happy Fathers' Day to all of you so blessed (YMMV).

http://www.doubledogmusic.com/baseball/Scully_Koufax_Perfect.mp3

When I was a kid, I got a Topps promotional record (a 45), with snippets of great recorded moments from baseball history. It included the end of Lou Gehrig's farewell speech, Curt Gowdy calling Ted Williams' last home run, and of course, Vin calling the final strike of Koufax's perfecto. It was a great little artifact, except that it also included Russ Hodges calling Bobby Thomson's home run (bleagh!).

Final line:

3.2 7 8 7 1 2 4

His ERA is 17.18.

So, Scully would have been on the TV end (the incident happened in the third) and Doggett would have been on radio.

I believe the two men switched off every three innings in those days.

Furcal
Aybar
Nomar
Drew
Kemp
Ethier
Cruz
Alomar
Martinez

Nice to see Aybar batting 2nd. Hopefully the defense gives Sele better support this game and that the ball stays in the yard. Blanton has been awfull but is coming off one of his few excellent starts. Doesn't seem to be anything in between for this guy he's either Tomko/OP/Seo bad or very good but with more of the very bad then the good so far. OP and Kuo better be ready to pitch a few innings today.

Wang had one out in the 9th and a 2-1 lead and gave up a single to Anderson and a homer to Zimmerman.

He homered in the 8th in Cincinnati and the White Sox lead the Reds 8-0 in the 9th. Guillen pulled him after he gave two hits.

Well, oh well, such is life. Not everything gets preserved.

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And for Super Bowl I, TWO networks showed it at the same time.

and izturis wasnt an out machine either?

It's hard not to take on the Nationals as a secondary team in the circumstances; but Jim Bowden and Frank Robinson do make it somewhat easier. I'm still in transition.

31 And Wang -- an AL pitcher no less -- batted in the top of the Ninth!

Happy's Father Day.

I think we should swing at everything.

Wow, Kemp looks like a running back, but it scares me wit each landing.( for injuries)

Go Dodgers!

(Cursed Prime Ticket again not showing the game!)

sele is missing high... by a lot.

Also I could see a Jae Seo, Mark Alexander for Jeremy Affeldt trade when he's healthy.

54 That doesn't do we Hawai'i fans much good. ;)

The Dodgers baserunning the last two games has been really shakey. I coun't four botches now since yesterday.

If Sele begins a significant decline you can actually say that we really only now have ONE dependable pitcher in Brad Penny. The Dodgers don't seem to win with Derrick Lowe on the mound no matter how low his ERA is.

I thought Seo looked really good on Friday and reverted on Saturday. I was hopeful he could make it back into the rotation but not now. What a frightening waste of a brilliant bullpen performance yesterday. I guess only Kuo and Perez would be available today, with maybe Saito to close. Sele has to go seven.

Why have we stopped hitting with RISP? Why have we stopped hitting? The A's pitchers are good but this happened in San Diego as well. It seems like they started to have problems right after Kent returned but I don't think there is a connection. Both SD and A's have top rate staffs. I think it's emotional as well and that the loss of Gagne really hit the team hard in that area.

The West will be won by a team ten games under .500 (joke joke).

Wow. Why are the A's using their starters and we are using our bench?

Because having Jason Kendall break down from overuse would actually help the A's.

never give up never surender! Is what I meant sorry

that was a good flik

Looks like another massacre at Winged Foot, where Lefy, Padraig Harrington, and Ben Ogilvy share the lead at +4. Just thought you should know.

At least Furcal tried to bunt, realizing another weak grouder wouldn't help.

I'd bring up Loney. Nomah's been too banged up as of late, and at that position, I don't think he'd be worth the difference between him and Loney.

If he keeps it up, though, I see Ned giving him the big contract. And Canuck will rightfully blow a gasket.

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I want to see Hanrahan put together 3 or 4 strong starts in a row before I'll believe he's returned to real prospect status.

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CanuckDodger--the big Loney defender here, and one of the prospect mavens, although Nate posts a lot more.

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I'm not going to give up on Guzman after one cup of coffee in the majors at 21.

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103 - But can he hit them off of the ground like Vlad used to be able to?

I'm already getting mellow about losing like I finally did last year. I'm not sure this is good

Maybe OP earned his way back into the rotation though. This is two straight bad starts by Sele against below average offenses.

But take heart--Mariners sweep Giants on Bonds strikeout, one of several today.

Next week, MLS Soccer!

Carl Crawford is really starting to develop his power stroke. He now has 10 home runs and 22 steals. We don't have anyone blocking LF......

Still, I'd rather see Ned go after some cheap pitching (Weaver) than give up a bunch of prospects for a rental. It looks like it would take Guzman, Billingsley, Broxton and another prospect to acquire Crawford. That's too much.

How about something li