Vin Scully's Pursuit of Perfection

Vin Scully called three perfect games during his peerless career. The first was in 1956, Don Larsen's World Series gem ("The imperfect man pitched a perfect game," wrote Joe Trimble), called by a 28-year-old Scully. The last was in 1991, with El Presidente Dennis Martínez achieving the feat; Scully was 63. And then there was September 9, 1965. A 38-year-old Vin sat at the microphone and a 29-year-old Sandy Koufax toed the rubber, two New Yorkers reaching their pinnacle in potential in Los Angeles.
Broadcasters Josh Suchon and Jesse Goldberg-Strassler (the former a Californian who previously hosted the Dodgers' pregame/postgame show, the latter with Brooklyn-born parents) take you into Vin's mind to examine the context and choices of how the master called the ninth inning.
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Actor Jamie Farr was there with his wife that night, her first game and she couldn't understand the excitement - half the game 'nothing happened'.
Farr has told this story in several UT videos.
Joe Amalfitano, baseball 'lifer' is 90 and just lost his good friend Willie Mays was 3rd base coach with Dodgers for many years.

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Oh, Jesse... It absolutely does exist. Hockey with the shutout, Baseball with the no-no or P.G., or Bowling with a 300. Everyone is thinking it... no one says it. ;) Just having some fun with ya. (Perhaps the hockey gods are more fickle than the other sports)