Since 1950, the instantly recognizable voice of Vin Scully has invited listeners to “pull up a chair” for his peerless play-by-play sports reporting. Recruited and mentored by the legendary Red
Barber, Scully has narrated NBC Television’s Game of the Week, twelve All-Star Games, eighteen no-hitters, and twenty-five World Series, describing players from Duke Snider to Orel Hershiser to
Manny Ramirez, with hundreds in between. Scully has made every sportscasting Hall of Fame, received a Lifetime Emmy Achievement award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and been named the
Sportscaster of the Twentieth Century by the American Sportscasters Association. This long overdue first biography of Vin Scully is written by Curt Smith, called “the voice of authority on baseball
broadcasting.” (USA Today)
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Riveting and exquisitely reported.” —Washington Post
“Vin Scully’s career as the voice of the Dodgers—from Brooklyn to Los Angeles—covers more than half-a-century. The award-winning, often-emulated announcer, in his gentle way, has been a consistent companion for generations of baseball fans…Don Leslie…doesn’t try to imitate Scully and only subtly mimics a few voices. Mostly, he, too, is a companion, guiding the listener through the story.” —AudioFile
Curt Smith is the author of twelve sports books, including the classic Voices of The Game, The Voice: Mel Allen’s Untold Story, and Voices of Summer: Ranking
Baseball’s 101 All-Time Best Announcers. He is a GateHouse Media columnist, XM Satellite Radio and National Public Radio affiliate host, and former speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush.
He has written for, among others, Newsweek, the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and the Washington Post. A senior lecturer of English at the University of Rochester,
he lives in upstate New York.
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CD
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MP3 CD
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Playaway
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Category:
Nonfiction/Health & Fitness
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
CDs:
9
CDs:
9
CDs:
1
CDs:
1
Runtime:
11.57
ISBN:
9781441732422
ISBN:
9781441732408
ISBN:
9781441732439
ISBN:
9781441732460
Audience:
Adult
Language:
English
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