Was There Ever A Man Greater Than This?

[Don Jacob]

many more people in the sports world will praise vin scully more than they would chick hearn.

Funny. Chick was way closer to the Lakers than Vin was to the Dodgers.

lol just stop right now man, lol ,just stop.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Vin's been with the Dodgers for 57 years.

Vin wasn't exclusive for the Dodgers and didn't dedicate himself nearly as much as Chick did (check the consecutive game streak)...


Jake, how 'bout you stop ruining a thread about the worlds greatest person? Chick did more for the Lakers and he meant more for the Lakers...He was like everyones dad within the organization, even upper management looked up to him and seeked his advice...I dunno if we can say the same about Vin, but I highly doubt it. Chick was WAYYYYYYYY more than an announcer though...PeACe

[Don Jacob]

NIK, how 'bout you stop ruining a thread about the worlds greatest person? Vin did more for the Dodgers and he meant more for the Dodgers AND baseball...He was like everyones dad within the organization, even upper management looked up to him and seeked his advice... Vin IS WAYYYYYYYY more than an announcer though...PeACe

[Don Jacob]

Vin Scully holds the distinction of the longest consecutive service of any current major league broadcaster for one team. When you think of Vin Scully, you think of the Dodgers.

[Don Jacob]

john wooden said in the LA times....

"Vin is absolutely, unquestionably the greatest sports announcer of all time. I've listened to him for years. He's remarkable. He can do any sport, but in baseball, no one's close."

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Chick-isms:

    * Air-ball: A shot that draws nothing but air.
    * (He sent that one back) Air-mail Special!: A strongly-blocked shot, often sent high into the stands.
    * Bloooows the layup! : Missed a very easy layup.
    * Boo-birds: Fans who boo their own team when they play badly.
    * (He did the) bunny hop in the pea patch: He was called for traveling.
    * (You could) call it with Braille: An easy call for an official, e.g. a blatant foul.
    * (He got) caught with his hand in the cookie jar: A reaching foul.
    * (The) Charity Stripe: The free-throw line.
    * (He's got 'em) covered like the rug on your floor: Really good one-on-one defense.
    * (They) couldn't beat the Sisters of Mercy: The team is getting beat badly.
    * (They) couldn't throw a pea into the ocean: The team's shooting is really awful.
    * (It'll) count if it goes ...It go-o-o-oes! (if the shot is successful): A player that is fouled in the act of shooting.
    * (That shot) didn't draw iron: A shot which misses the rim, but hits the backboard. Sometimes, would add but it drew a lot of flies
    * Dime store score: A 10 to 5 score
    * Dribble-drive: A player drives the basket while dribbling.
    * Finger roll: A shot where the ball rolls off the shooter's fingers.
    * (He) fly-swatted (that one): A shot blocked with force and authority.
    * Football score: A score resembling one often seen in a football game (e.g., 21 to 14).
    * (He threw up a) frozen rope: A shot with a very flat trajectory.
    * (We're) high above the western sideline: Chick's perch at the Fabulous Forum, from which he called his word's eye views of the game.
    * Hippity-hops the dribble: A player dribbling the ball does a little hop step.
    * I'll bet you an ice-cream: Hearn and Keith Erickson (his one-time color commentator) often bet ice creams on the outcome of a shot or game.
    * (He's got) ice-water in his veins: When a player hits a clutch free-throw.
    * (It's) garbage time: The (often sloppily-played) remainder of the game (after it’s in the refrigerator).
    * Give and Go: A player passes the ball, makes a quick cut, and receives a return pass.
    * (In & out,) heart-brrrreak!: A shot that appears to go in, but rattles off the rim and misses. Sometimes it went insofar you could read the Commissioner's name from below.
    * He has two chances, slim and none, and slim just left the building: The player has no chance of success with this play.
    * If that goes in, I'm walking home: Similar to a prayer, when the opponent shoots a shot that is a prayer, a streak, or some amazing shot. (Usually on the road)
    * Leapin' Lena: A shot made while the player is in the air and off balance.
    * (There are) lots of referees in the building, only three getting paid: The entire crowd acts as though they are the officials by disagreeing with a call.
    * The mustard's off the hot dog: A player attempts an unnecessarily showy, flashy play which ends up in a turnover or is otherwise unsuccessful.
    * Nervous time: When the final moments of a game are pressure-packed.
    * 94-by-50 hunk of wood: Simply put, a basketball court's dimensions. (Attacking 47 feet: The front court.)
    * No harm, no foul (no blood, no ambulance, no stitches): A non-call by an official when varying degrees of contact have occurred. (More adjectives means the non-call was more questionable.)
    * Not Phi Beta Kappa: not a smart play.
    * ...Since Hector was a pup a very long time: he Lakers haven't had the lead since Hector was a pup.
    * He's in the Popcorn Machine (with butter and salt all over him): Meaning that a defensive player got faked into the air (and out of play) by an offensive player's pump fake. ("Popcorn Machine" is a reference to an actual popcorn machine in the old Los Angeles Sports Arena, which was near the basket, but far away from the court. Thus, if the player went far out of play, he was in the "popcorn machine.")
    * (He's) on him like a postage stamp: Very tight defense, simply put.
    * Slam dunk!: Hearn's most famous phrase; a powerful shot where a player forces the ball through the rim with one or both hands.
    * (He) takes him to the third floor and leaves him at the mezzanine: A move where an offensive player pump-fakes a defender and draws a foul from the leaping player.
    * Tattoo dribble: A player dribbling the ball while not moving, as though tattooing the floor with the ball, as he waits for the play to develop.
    * This game's in the refrigerator: the door is closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin'!: The game's outcome is set; only the final score is in question.
    * Throws up a brick: When a player tosses up a particularly errant shot.
    * Throws up a prayer (... it's answered!!!): A wild shot that will need a miracle to score (and sometimes does).
    * Ticky-tack: A foul called when very little contact has been made.
    * Triple-double: A player gets 10 or more (i.e. double digits) in three statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals or blocked shots.
    * (On his) wallet: A player fell on his rear end.
    * Words-eye view: What listeners received while listening to Hearn call the game on the radio.
    * (He's) working on his Wrigleys: A player is chewing gum.
    * (He's) yo-yo-ing up and down: A player is standing there dribbling the ball up and down as if it were a yo-yo on a string.
    * 20 foot lay-up: A jump shot by Jamall Wilkes
    * Marge could have made that shot: a missed shot that was so easy, Hearn's wife Marge could have made it. Marge was often referred to when a player messed up something that was easy.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Vin Scully holds the distinction of the longest consecutive service of any current major league broadcaster for one team. When you think of Vin Scully, you think of the Dodgers.

Chick holds the distinction of longest consecutive games announced for one team. He died with the Lakers, and we always knew he would...


He woulda' NEVER done this:

In recent years, Scully cut back his work schedule to approximately 110 games a year (though he has no plans to retire in the foreseeable future). Usually, he will call the first three innings of a Dodgers game via a radio-and-television simulcast, then the rest exclusively for television.

Scully will normally not call a game that takes place east of the Rockies (two exceptions were Games 1 and 2 at Shea Stadium in New York for the 2006 National League Division Series, Games 1 and 2 in St. Louis during the 2004 National League Division Series, where he called the games for KFWB radio both times, and 2007 season opening series, when the Dodgers opened their season up in Milwaukee); in addition, Scully reportedly won't attend or watch a baseball game that he isn't announcing. It wasn't until the year 2004, when he and his boss, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, attended Fenway Park, that Scully was at a baseball game simply as a spectator.

During the 2007 season, Scully will be broadcasting televised Dodger games against National League West opponents only (Arizona, Colorado, San Diego and San Francisco). As previously mentioned, he generally no longer goes on road trips east of the Rockies. The only exceptions will be the opening series in Milwaukee, the four game series against the Chicago Cubs, and interleague games against American League East teams during the 2007 season, as well as Freeway Series games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Scully also isn't normally scheduled to call a Dodgers game (for radio or television) if ESPN is televising it for Sunday Night Baseball. Instead, the task goes to the likes of Charley Steiner and Rick Monday.

[Don Jacob]

^ lol so. and that takes away from his talent how? the man is a fucking legend, an 80 year old legend who has other obligations to his family than announcing dodger games in chicago. lol. seriously if i had what happened to vin with his family i would just straight up retire.


Family>>>>sports franchise.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

And Chick's sports franchise (the Lakers) WAS his family, which is why he was thee greatest.

[Don Jacob]

And Chick's sports franchise (the Lakers) WAS his family, which is why he was thee greatest.

  by that logic harry carey is the goat then

[GangstaBoogy]

Vin Scully holds the distinction of the longest consecutive service of any current major league broadcaster for one team. When you think of Vin Scully, you think of the Dodgers.

Chick holds the distinction of longest consecutive games announced for one team. He died with the Lakers, and we always knew he would...


He woulda' NEVER done this:

In recent years, Scully cut back his work schedule to approximately 110 games a year (though he has no plans to retire in the foreseeable future). Usually, he will call the first three innings of a Dodgers game via a radio-and-television simulcast, then the rest exclusively for television.

Scully will normally not call a game that takes place east of the Rockies (two exceptions were Games 1 and 2 at Shea Stadium in New York for the 2006 National League Division Series, Games 1 and 2 in St. Louis during the 2004 National League Division Series, where he called the games for KFWB radio both times, and 2007 season opening series, when the Dodgers opened their season up in Milwaukee); in addition, Scully reportedly won't attend or watch a baseball game that he isn't announcing. It wasn't until the year 2004, when he and his boss, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, attended Fenway Park, that Scully was at a baseball game simply as a spectator.

During the 2007 season, Scully will be broadcasting televised Dodger games against National League West opponents only (Arizona, Colorado, San Diego and San Francisco). As previously mentioned, he generally no longer goes on road trips east of the Rockies. The only exceptions will be the opening series in Milwaukee, the four game series against the Chicago Cubs, and interleague games against American League East teams during the 2007 season, as well as Freeway Series games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Scully also isn't normally scheduled to call a Dodgers game (for radio or television) if ESPN is televising it for Sunday Night Baseball. Instead, the task goes to the likes of Charley Steiner and Rick Monday.

Set hopper

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

And Chick's sports franchise (the Lakers) WAS his family, which is why he was thee greatest.

  by that logic harry carey is the goat then

That guy doesn't compare to Chick