Vince Scully

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JackofVirginia

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:p The Dodgers have placed Scully into their Ring of Honor, obviously well deserved. Being an ardent Brooklyn Dodger fan he was one of my favorite sport announcers. How did I meet him, you ask? The Bums were playing a very important game against the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field. The game was sold out. One of my friends whose dad knew a guard at E.F.brought me and two other buddies pretty sure he would get us into this game. Unfortunately, we couldn't find him so before going home we stopped by the press entrance. Lo and behold, a limousine pulls up with Scully, Connie Desmond and a few umpires. Scully calls out to me to help carry the umps luggage (trunk) to their dressing room. So along with my friends we lumbered up a long flight of stairs to the umps dressing room. To my surprise there was a very heavy set umpire, Dusty Boggess, getting changed. And hanging on a line was his long underwear. Well Redmen I always wished I could appear on the TV show, I Got a Secret. BTW, we were unable to find a seat during the game. And after being stopped constantly by ushers who would believe our story.
 
Good one Jack. Went to EB myself best I can remember 3-4 times with my brother and father. I remember John Roseboro hitting a homer.
 
Good one Jack. Went to EB myself best I can remember 3-4 times with my brother and father. I remember John Roseboro hitting a homer.
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Lucky visit to EF. Roseboro only hit two homers as a Bklyn Dodger. Team moved to LA in his second season.
 
Good one Jack. Went to EB myself best I can remember 3-4 times with my brother and father. I remember John Roseboro hitting a homer.
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Thanks Kred. My friends and I attended a double header against the Cubs. Carl Erskine got credited with a no hitter after only five innings of the second game. Believe it or not but Ebbets Field was invaded by nats, game had to be called.
While my father, brother and I were walking into E.F. to attend a night game against the Giants a ball came through the stands and my brother caught it. Once inside we asked who was just up during the Giants batting practice. It happened to be some rookie named Monte Irvin who was just brought up along with another rookie, Hank Thompson. BTW, after his baseball career was over Hank spent his life in Sing, Sing prison.
 
For many of of younger fans, we never identified Koufax, Drysdale, Roseboro, even Hodges for that matter, as New York players since they moved to LA before we were born or were very young.

I guess its the same for many SJU fans who could never see Patrick Ewing as anything but the hated Hoya, while younger fans came to embrace him as a Knick.
 
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