Jul 25, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers veteran announcer Vin Scully acknowledges the crowd during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports
Vin Scully has come a long way in two years. Just a couple summers ago everyone was laughing at his charming old-man cluelessness about social media and computers and other newfangled things. Now Vin Scully basically is a master of Twitter.
Scully the Twitter Wizard took over the Dodgers’ official account Monday morning, because promotion via social media is important even for guys who are older than Gandalf, and what ensued was just pure Scully wonderfulness.
Here are the highlights:
I started calling games in my head when I was playing stickball with the boys. Then would holler a little play-by-play from my apartment.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
.@vincebase5 probably the '55 World Series. That was the only one the #Dodgers ever won in Brooklyn. That was probably the most momentous.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
.@TBrownYahoo As a small boy we never had a Christmas tree. I’d go to bed and there would be no sign of Christmas in the apartment. #AskVin
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
.@TBrownYahoo When I was asleep my dad would go to the tree lot & bring a little tree to the apartment and he & my mother would decorate it.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
.@TBrownYahoo I would wake up and rush into the living room and there would be a Christmas tree fully decorated. #AskVin
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
.@ErnieMontano It was at the Polo Grounds. Dodgers and the Giants. I would say it was 1939. In the bleachers and cost 55 cents. #AskVin
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
.@LAKingsSCC2012 Walter O'Malley introduced me to General Douglas MacArthur. He was a typical General -- strong, quiet, austere. #AskVin
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
I lived in Ronald Reagan’s neighborhood and went to the White House for his 1st inauguration with my wife.That was really one in a million.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
.@sanjosegarber Babe Ruth. Great hitter, great pitcher. #AskVin
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) December 16, 2013
Vin Scully, American treasure, boss of Twitter.
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