Pull Up a Chair

The Vin Scully Story

By: Curt Smith

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Since 1950, the instantly recognizable voice of Vin Scully has invited listeners to “pull up a chair” for his peerless play-by-play sports reporting. Recruited and mentored by the legendary Red Barber, Scully has narrated NBC’s Game of the Week, 12 All-Star Games, 18 no-hitters, and 25 World Series, describing players from Duke Snider to Orel Hershiser to Manny Ramirez, with hundreds in between. Scully has made every sportscasting Hall of Fame, received an Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and been named Sportscaster of the 20th Century by the American Sportscasters Association. This long overdue biography of Vin Scully is written by Curt Smith, called “the voice of authority on baseball broadcasting” (USA Today).

©2009 Potomac Books, Inc. (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Riveting and exquisitely reported” ( Washington Post)

Amazing tribute to the worlds most wholesome man

What a life and legacy Vin has left behind - well worth the read to know a little more about the voice I grew up with telling me all about dodger baseball

B-Grade Story on Grade-A Broadcaster and American

Great detail, but a little disappointing after the Dodgers' move to LA. Mr. Scully is a True Legend, and more than deserving of the accolades he has earned.

Almost perfect

Nice prose about Mr. Scully. Too bad it wasn’t perfect.
Dolph Camillii’s surname is mispronounced.
B’nai (as in B’nai Brith) is mispronounced. B’nai is B NAY..
Should have gotten Mr. Scully to read the book

this is a wonderful book recommended highly

this book was like going down memory lane minis the summer evening I listened to Vin Scully call a game there are a few such pleasures in the world as sweet

Like most everyone else, Vin is my best friend that I never met.

I wanted so badly to have” Vin “ himself read this story,.

But I finally gave in, and the narration of this story was wonderful.

Whether you listen to Vin for45 years or just one game, you will love this book.