Vin Scully Was Los Angeles

“His voice was like a gentle hand placed on our shoulder saying, ‘Hey, things are going to be OK. Whatever’s going on in the world, whatever’s going on in your life, for these next three hours, I got you’,” Monday said. “That’s the feeling we had.”

Millions of others experienced similar emotions over those Iron Man-esque 67 years.

“I was mesmerized by this game and mesmerized even more by Vin’s voice and the way he presented the game,” Monday said. “His description of the uniforms, the field, how fast a guy was running, how hard a ball was hit, a diving catch that was made. When Vin was doing a game, it wasn’t just the plays of the game, it was the pageantry of the game.”

Monday was the No. 1 overall draft pick in the first amateur baseball draft in 1965, taken by the Athletics, who traded him to the Chicago Cubs before the 1972 season.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/sports/baseball/vin-scully-los-angeles.html