One of Vin Scully's best: Vin calls Hank Aaron's 715th

[hal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjqYThEVoSQ

The whole at-bat and most of the aftermath... good stuff!

[vision63]

I loved Hank Aaron, but I remember being mad the Dodgers (Al Downing) gave it up.

Hank is still a great man.

That is a really clear video.

[hal]

Hey, I was a Dodger fan at the time too, but I was a much bigger Aaron fan. I remember watching the broadcast (and several previous Braves games - the networks wanted to catch 715 live).

That was a great day!

[vision63]

hal wrote:
Hey, I was a Dodger fan at the time too, but I was a much bigger Aaron fan. I remember watching the broadcast (and several previous Braves games - the networks wanted to catch 715 live).

That was a great day!

It was. I was very happy for him.

[datbeme]

As great of a job as Vin did in the Aaron call, if a broadcaster talked that much during a historic moment today, we'd probably say "shut the heck up already."

[datbeme]

Of course I just watched it again and he did allow for a sufficient pause before starting his commentary.

[hal]

datbeme wrote:
Of course I just watched it again and he did allow for a sufficient pause before starting his commentary.

I was gonna say... that was a good long pause - something few broadcasters do these days - just let the action on screen speak for itself...

[N-OS X-tasy!]

datbeme wrote:
Of course I just watched it again and he did allow for a sufficient pause before starting his commentary.

His calling of that event is famous mostly for the pause he included.

I remember that day. Two weeks short of my ninth birthday, I was playing in our front yard; the game was on the TV in the house. When Aaron hit his dinger, my dad called me into the house to witness history being made.

[datbeme]

hal wrote:
[quote=datbeme]
Of course I just watched it again and he did allow for a sufficient pause before starting his commentary.

I was gonna say... that was a good long pause - something few broadcasters do these days - just let the action on screen speak for itself...
That's what made the Dee Gordon HR so great. Good call, but the announcer was silent by the time he got to second base. They let the rest play out without commentary as he made his way around the bases and through several emotional embraces in the dugout. Good stuff!

[DavidS]

We moved to Atlanta about 5 weeks after this happened. I was only 3 at the time but still remember what a great moment it was for the city.

Imagine what would happen today if two random guys jumped the fence and ran out onto the field for such a historic moment.