Drabble by Kevin Fagan for October 05, 2013
October 04, 2013
October 06, 2013
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June: Ralph, we bought a 70-inch high-definition TV just so you could watch sporting events... And now you're telling me you'd rather listen to the baseball game on the radio?? Ralph: It's known as "the vin scully factor."
I grew up listening to Dodger games on the radio. The biggest difference between radio and t.v. is how the game is called. Scully paces himself perfectly during plays so that there is a natural conversational flow vs. most t.v. announcers who will start narrating a play and then once the play is obviously going a certain way, they state the obvious. So annoying if you are a baseball fan!! I have watched more than once with the picture on the t.v. and a radio on calling the game. I’ve done it for other sports too.
Vin Scully is the gold standard. He is the last remaining broadcaster from the old school of sports announcing who does it right.