More On Vinny

I don't mean to saturate the market but there is a nice piece about Vin Scully, courtesy of Diane Pucin at the Los Angeles Times. The words from Bob Costas at the conclusion of the piece rang true...

Bob Costas was speaking on a conference call Monday morning to promote the MLB Network's Thursday night broadcast, the home opener at the new Yankee Stadium. Costas is returning to the baseball broadcast booth for the first time in nine years, and while talking about the death of Kalas, described Scully.

"Vin has the unbelievable combination of special skill with a distinctive style. Combined with all those generational memories is something we'll never see again," Costas said. "Circumstances will never allow for it again."

It is not uncommon to see 3, 4, or sometimes for pre-game shows, 5 talking heads spewing information our way. Most of us take it for granted that we've had the luxury of listening to one person that calls it like he sees it, and who very rarely injects his opinions into the game. Hard to believe that a network, or organization, would have the courage and trust to turn the reigns over to a single individual as the Dodgers did decades ago.