Next year, I will be immersed in a new and frightening world; one that I knew full-well was coming some day, but still one that I never-ever wanted to experience "for real:"
Baseball without Vin Scully.
I'm not looking forward to it; not at all. The man's voice has been the mellifluous backbone to one of my life's greatest passions. I'm not even sure what baseball sounds like without him. But let's celebrate while we've got the chance. (The feedback bit from this clip is the best thing I've ever heard.)
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