Minggu, 25 September 2016

Sagebiel: A pure voice goes silent - Roanoke Times

It was circa 1970. I was a 12-year-old boy who had recently moved to Southern California from Indiana. Dodger Stadium overwhelmed my senses and Vin Scully was music to my young ears. "Grab a Dodger Dog," he'd say, "made by our friends at Farmer John." As I recall, a Dodger Dog, a 10-inch pork and beef frank, was about a buck. I liked mine with yellow mustard and real onions — raw and coarsely chopped. I gobbled it down as we watched batting practice from the long, beige bench seats in the left-field pavilion.

Los Angeles was a big, exciting place for this Indiana boy. It was an hour drive to the sprawling city and Dodger Stadium from our new home in Palmdale on the edge of the high desert. In those days, locals called traveling to LA from the Antelope Valley going "down below." We took 14 to I-5, exiting at Stadium Way and then winding up the hill and through the canyons to Chavez Ravine. From the moment we entered the gates, the sounds at Dodger Stadium were unmistakable: the perky organ that musically narrated the action, the insistent cries of the food and drink vendors roaming the stands, the loud crack of a wooden bat in the hands of a big leaguer and, of course, the silky voice of Vin Scully. "It's time for Dodger baseball! Hi everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you, wherever you may be."

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