I almost never watch baseball. Once upon a time, I followed the Dodgers, largely because my father did…but other interests took over. Every now and then, I listen to a few innings, not so much of Dodger Baseball but of Vin Scully. You don't have to care about something to admire great skill and if Scully isn't the best sportscaster ever, I'd love to know who is. I'm going to miss him when he completes this, his final year at the mike.
Here he is doing what he does so well. It's 1974 and Atlanta Brave Henry Aaron is at the plate, about to break Babe Ruth's all-time home run record. Legend has it that the long pause you'll hear when Scully lets the action on-screen go unnarrated is because he decided to shut up and let the pictures do the talking…and he got up, went to the cooler and got a drink of water. How great is that?