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- Publisher: Potomac Books
- Number of Pages: 272
- ISBN: 1597974242
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113092932
- Release Date: May 1, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #89583 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #1150 in Sports Books (See Top 100 Sports Books Bestsellers)
- #41 in Baseball - General (See Top 100 Baseball - General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story" by Curt Smith to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story"Browse more products related to "Curt Smith"Review"Smith...makes the perfect Scully biographer. He's as nimble and creative with the written word as Scully is with the spoken one....[The book is] filled with a thousand memorable verbal turns, 60 years of baseball anecdotes, and a synchronicity between author and subject that's as seemingly effortless and beautiful as a perfectly executed double play." (starred review) AnnotationAmazingly, this is the first biography of Vin Scully, one of the most recognizable voices in the history of sports broadcasting, and it is filled with all the humor, wit, intelligence, and insight of one of his broadcasts. While he has dabbled in tennis, golf, and football, Scully is best known as the voice of baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, though he has been with the team since they were in Brooklyn. In more than a half century of calling some of baseball's biggest games, including Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Hank Aaron's 715th home run, Bill Buckner's error in the 1986 World Series, and Kirk Gibson's unbelievable blast in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series ("The impossible has happened!"), Scully has amassed an endless supply of diamond anecdotes, which are recalled here with his trademark class and candor . Quite simply, he is the best at what he does, and this is a must-read for every baseball fan. In 1950, Vin Scully broadcast his first major league baseball game for the then-Brooklyn Dodgers. Nearly sixty years later he still invites a listener to "pull up a chair," completing a record fifty-ninth consecutive year of play-by-play. Recruited and mentored by the legendary Red Barber, the New York-born Scully moved with the Dodgers to Los Angeles in early 1958. His instantly recognizable voice has described players from Duke Snider to Orel Hershiser to Manny Ramirez, with hundreds in between.At one time or another, Scully has aired NBC Television's Game of the Week, twelve All-Star Games, eighteen no-hitters, twenty-five World Series, and network football, golf, and tennis. He has made every sportscasting Hall of Fame; received a Lifetime Emmy Achievement award and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; and been voted "most memorable L.A. Dodgers] franchise personality." In 2000, the American Sportscasters Association named Scully the Sportscaster of the 20th Century.The first biography of Vin Scully is long overdue. Curt Smith-to "USA Today," "The voice of authority on baseball broadcasting"-is the ideal man to write it. Scully opens each broadcast by wishing listeners, "A very pleasant good afternoon." "Pull Up a Chair" will provide a reader with the same. If You Enjoy "Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story (Hardcover)" by Curt Smith (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Baseball - General BestsellersSports Books Bestselling Books
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