Vin Scully on passing of John Wooden

[observer9670]

Wooden and Scully were neighbors when Vin moved to LA in 1958. There is a YT clip where Vin describes his first meeting with Coach Wooden. From the until his death, they were great friends.

[MickeyMorandini1]

Vin Scully is a Christian. I have never heard him say he was. you can just tell !

[observer9670]

@MickeyMorandini1 Vin has often said he is a practicing Roman Catholic. He says his religion has helped him cope with his first wife's sudden death in 1972 and his son's death in a helicopter crash in the 1980's.

[UntilWeFindtheCure]

Wooden didn't win until his 17th year at UCLA after the infamous booster Sam Gilbert began to purchase for the elite high school players in the country.

[ub30f]

Too bad the freak show (mccourt) is taking away from Vinnie's last year. They just don't make them like Vin!!!

[ADoc1980]

The Greatest of All Time.



[techguy007]

if there were a hall of fame for class, wooden and scully would be the first inducted.

[ronnykmarshall]

Thank you Vin. 

[rayjr62]

@ronnykmarshall He is class personified. Actually, both John Wooden and Vin Scully. End of story.

[ronnykmarshall]

@rayjr62 - John Wooden was so much a part of my growing up. I'm a huge UCLA fan. Even though I'm a Giants fan, Vin was also a part of my childhood too. Growing up, I remember my dad watching Dodger games and Vin was so much part of those games. We went to the 1974 World Series against the A's ... being later in life I can't stand the A's. I guess I'm UCLA Royal Blue and as former San Franciscan, I love my Giants. But as an Angelino, I still have some Dodger blue in my heart.

[LACOFD121]

@ronnykmarshall I miss him so much at the basketball games, sad that this is vin scullys last year

[eliezerberry]

@LACOFD121 Hold the phone, it was just announced that Vin WILL be back for the 2012 season. Truly the most epic career of any radio/TV announcer ever.

[zacatetas]

farrrrrrrrmmmmmeerrr johhn hottdoggz

[mrfadrummajorrr]

i was at this game. :(

[LACOFD121]

@mrfadrummajorrr was there a big ovation for him?

[thabruinsblitz]

There's not a word in the dictionary to describe Vin. Saying he's a genius is just a huge understatement. He's pretty much the only person who I could look up to now that John Wooden is gone. Hope he stays with us for many, many more years.

[redmustang03]

Vin Scully is going to be doing Dodger games until he dies sort like Harry Kalas. 

[mikeflavin]

What a fucking stud. Skully, you are the man. Wooden, I am a 24 year old kid living in LA who read your book at the age of 19. It changed everything about my life.

[zacatetas]

@mikeflavin fag. go back to da burbz

[BillF1967]

Wow.

[dresnap5344]

quoted Shakespeare from memory...how many broadcasters can do that today?

[masterd151]

@dresnap5344 Very very few...lets hope we can hang on to Vin for a while longer!

[MegaObserver1]

@dresnap5344 not only Shakespeare, Vin can also quote Latin. Once when a famous player stuck out in a critical situation, Vin said "Sic transit gloria". Which means "Thus goes glory".

[daveyg8499]

@MegaObserver1 lol I'd love to hear that clip...vintage Scully

[raiderfan89ify]

Its great to see one Legend paying tribute to another. Vin Scully is pure Class. RIP John Wooden.

[ReservoirTip]

Vin is amazing. He obviously did this extemporaneously, no script, and...he fit it in in exactly under a minute - the length of one commercial. No stammering, no pausing. What a magician.

[jscottrockford]

If there's ever been a more eloquent and distinguished broadcaster than Mr. Scully I've never seen him

[nnoyz1]

Epic!



[DodgerBlu92]

"His life was gentle, and the elements

So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up

And say to ALL-THE-WORLD..... [Vin winks]...

'This was a man!'

[PJG3291]

@DodgerBlu92 another EPIC quote from Vin

[LavaLampBlob]

Vin never fails to find the right words. Appropriate too because, with the possible exception of Tommy Lasorda, there is no one person left alive today who would be missed as much by people in Los Angeles as Vin one day will be.

[bromink1]

@LavaLampBlob I was thinking about this too. I think the LA sports figures that are over 60 who are loved whole heartedly are now down to Scully, Lasorda and Jerry West.

[obiwanobiwan13]

@LavaLampBlob NO!

I don't care how old he is, how many years go by... I don't even care that I'm a huge Mets fan living in the LA area-

I REFUSE to believe Vin Scully will ever die... I just can't think of it... somehow, I can't imagine a warm summer without the words "It's tiiiimmme for Dodger Baseball! Hello again, everbody, and a pleasant good evening to you, wherever you may be..."

In a just world, Vin Scully would NEVER have to leave the warm summer days at the ballpark- or us...

[2005dave]

One legend pays tribute to another.

[susanjroy]

Sometimes so much is said with so little. Thanks for those words Vin, and Amen.

[jeremy8080]

Wooden Wooden Wooden Wooden Wooden Wooden!

[tmcg888]

John Wooden and Vin Scully......pure class...

[XxAdelaide1994xX]

@tmcg888 Chick Hearn also

[KevinWeiTV]

I made a basketball video that took two months to edit dedicated to John R. Wooden R.I.P.

[rock6191]

Damn...now I'm starting to cry again...RIP Coach, and thank you Vinny.

[KINOLOCO1]

I always wanted to meet Mr. Wooden. R.I.P John Wooden

[ktbruin1002]

My family and I had just done an 8-Clap for Coach Wooden (in our backyard) before we knew he had passed and moments later Vin made this announcement.

What a remarkable man.

[BMeister22]

I was at the game tonight and they showed this in the 6th inning on the jumbotron in Left Field. On the scoreboard in right field, in big letters it read "John Wooden 1910-2010". I was at the game tonight and they showed this in the 6th inning on the jumbotron in Left Field. On the scoreboard in right field, in big letters it read "John Wooden 1910-2010".

During this video, the fans got up and gave him a standing ovation.

[fromage282]

Thank you for adding this so quickly. I heard it once on TV and wanted to make sure I could write this tribute down before I forgot.