Vin Scully

Dodgers Opening Day: All Clayton Kershaw, Sandy Koufax Comparisons Are on the Table

There was no time stamp from Vin Scully as Clayton Kershaw prepared to face the final batter. You know, "On the scoreboard in right field it is 9:46 p.m. in the City of the Angels, Los Angeles, California." This was only San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval, not Chicago's Harvey Kuenn. And this was only ... More >>

49: The Dodger Dog at Dodger Stadium

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 49: The Dodger Dog at Dodger Stadium. Are Dodger Dogs the best hot dogs in L.A.? Um, no. Not even remotely close. But often the success of a dish depends more ... More >>

Henry Diltz, the Man Who Shot The Doors

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Entering rock photographer Henry Diltz's North Hollywood house feels like stepping into Merlin's cottage, if the wizard carried a Canon rather than a cau ... More >>

Rebecca Hall, KTLA Sportscaster, Tells Vin Scully to Get His S*** Together on Live TV

Here at LA Weekly we pride ourselves at pushing the envelope of what can be exposed to the American news consumer. Other media outlets aren't so progressive. But we'll tip our hat to KTLA for going where few local broadcasters have gone before. Sportscaster Rebecca Hall said on air last night of l ... More >>

A. Martinez Hired at KPCC; the Madeleine Brand Show Gears Up To Go National

This morning marked the last broadcast of KPCC's the Madeleine Brand Show. Don't fret, your favorite Babe of NPR will still be heard weekday mornings on Southern California Public Radio--she'll just be bantering with a swarthy new co-host. Brand, who has hosted the eponymous hour-long show since 2 ... More >>

The Hot Dogs of 1972 Versus Now: Revisiting David Shaw's Iconic L.A. Times Article

Forty years ago yesterday, on June 18, 1972, an article titled "Biting The Dog" appeared in the Los Angeles Times' West Magazine. The piece was about hot dogs, and it was written by David Shaw. If you're not familiar with Shaw and his work, you should be. He wrote about food and wine, about film a ... More >>

Dodgers Deal Sealed: McCourt is Outta Here

When reports surfaced last night that there were a few last-minute details to be hammered out in the Guggenheim Baseball purchase of the Dodgers, we got a bad feeling. Maybe the universally loathed Frank McCourt was pulling a dictator trick in an attempt to unravel the deal and hold on just a littl ... More >>

Serengeti's Chin Music

See also: *Anticon MC Serengeti: The Quirkiest, Deepest Rapper *Free Download: Serengeti's "Tracks" Serengeti is wisecracking at Rex's Batting Cages in Inglewood, while hacking at 90 mph heaters. The Chicago-raised, Mount Washington-based rapper riffing on a character in his raps, 45-year-old, Dit ... More >>

Drink This Now: Guisados' Dodgerata, or Dodger Blue Horchata

Maybe the folks at Guisados should get out the blue dye number whatever more often. In honor of opening day at nearby Dodger Stadium, the jar of horchata at Guisados taqueria in Boyle Heights was a lovely shade of Dodger blue last night. It was only for the evening, a walk-off win if you will, but w ... More >>

10 Best Sports Bars in Los Angeles

Now that musicians and nerds are the cool kids and jocks are the villains, liking sports has become distinctly uncool. So where are reasonable people of average coolness supposed to go to share their now-lame passion for twentysomething physical freaks throwing or kicking roundish objects for millio ... More >>

Vin Scully Trends on Twitter, As America Searches For Relief From Joe Buck

Vin Scully: trending​For a brief period during last night's World Series game, Vin Scully was trending on Twitter. It was not -- as many Twitter users feared -- because he had died.Instead, it was because sportswriter Joe Posnanski asked his followers who should be calling the games. Scully was th ... More >>

Counterpoint: Vin Scully Is The Greatest And Here's Proof

Vin Scully​On Monday, we posted some heretical nonsense about Vin Scully not actually being that good. In rebuttal, you could probably just assert that he's the best there ever was and leave it at that. But it's more fun to prove it.There's a tendency when praising Scully to reach back to the era ... More >>

Vin Scully: Not Everyone Is A Fan

​Word that the Dodgers' beloved, mellifluous broadcaster Vin Scully will return to the booth next season brought cheers from most. But at the risk of drawing the hate mail (bring it!), check out a scathing anti-Scully piece a friend wrote in 2007.

Photo Gallery: What's In Season At The Farmers Market Vote For Your Favorite Market

Summer may not officially start for about three more weeks, but, between the warm weather and the coming and going of Memorial Day, it sure seems like it's here already. Which means what, that the kids will be home soon, that Vin Scully now narrates your dreams, and that the farmers markets are a ri ... More >>

Jennifer Ferro: The Manager

Vin Scully Expected Back Home Friday After Being Hospitalized

Vin Scully.​Dodgers announcer and Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully was expected to return home Friday after he was hospitalized for a bump on his head suffered in a fall, Fox11 News reported. Major League Baseball reported the 82-year-old fell and bumped his head Thursday night. H ... More >>

Dodgers Finish Off Cardinals: What Did I Tell You?

​Yesterday I predicted the Dodgers would knock the Cards out this weekend, but I didn't think it would necessarily happen Saturday--or that the Blue Crew would make it look relatively easy. The Dodgers gradually silenced the St. Louis crowd as they built a 5-0 lead. The Cards scored a measly run i ... More >>

Dodgers/Cardinals and the Beauty of Baseball's Revolving Door

​ The Cardinals took three shots to the gut Thursday. The first was literal, when Matt Holliday misplayed James Loney's two-out line drive against reliever Ryan Franklin, the ball bouncing off the left fielder's mid-section and allowing the tying run to reach second base. The second shot ... More >>

Dodgers Win First in Series Against Cardinals, Was it Luck?

When the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning Wednesday night, it was hard not to think about Cliff Lee, who gave up six hits and one run in the Phillies' victory over the Rockies earlier in the day. The Phillies got last year's American League Cy Young Award-winning pitcher i ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Sandwiches

Vin Scully's Numbers Problem

In the sickening moments that followed the line drive that struck L.A. Dodger pitcher Hiroki Kuroda in Saturday's game with the Arizona Diamondbacks, announcer Vin Scully provided a calming voice to TV viewers who watched medical staff members and teammates surround the fallen hurler. Scully's fire ... More >>

Manny Ramirez's Grand Slam Silences Critics

With his first swing of a bat last night Manny Ramirez laid to rest the loitering demons of doubt and recrimination that have followed his emergence from suspension. On July 3 he took the field against San Diego after a 50-game hiatus for having used an illegal performance enhancing substance. Catca ... More >>

When Will Dodger Stadium's Makeover Begin?

LA DodgersThe future according to Frank McCourtToday's Eastsider L.A. looks at what's cookin' at the Ravine. Or rather, how quiet the L.A. Dodgers and owner Frank McCourt have been over plans to spend half a billion dollars to give  the team's ballpark a megaplex makeover, by developing it into ... More >>

The Baseball Bat Peppermill: Who Needs Cork When You Have Tellicherry Peppercorns?

Here's the perfect summer grilling accessory: a baseball bat that's actually a peppermill. Imagine the langorous backyard, the coals glowing in the firepit, Vin Scully broadcasting on a radio propped against the sweating keg, a tray of burgers and steaks and links that would make any self-respecting ... More >>

Vin, We Hardly Know Ya

L.A. Observed reports on the imminent publication of an unauthorized biography of the legendary voice of the Dodgers, Vin Scully. "Unauthorized" may, in the course of celebrity events, conjure visions of gossip and scandal or, at least, of off-air profanity, but in straight-arrow Vin's case it simpl ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

What the ALF? A pair of Animal Liberation Front associates were arrested in connection with alleged criminal intimidation of UCLA researchers and an L.A.-based juice company. Linda Faith Greene, 61, and Kevin Richard Olliff, 22, are being held in lieu of $450,000 and $460,000 bonds, respectively. L. ... More >>

Don Larsen's Beautiful Nothing

Diane Pucin has a fine Memory Lane piece in today's L.A. Times Sports section. In "Scully Pulls Up His Own Chair," Pucin interviews L.A. Dodger announcer Vin Scully about Don Larsen's 1956 World Series no-hitter. It came in Game 5 between Larsen's team, the New York Yankees, and the Brooklyn Dodgers ... More >>

Vin Scully Inducted into Hall of Fame

Vin Scully, the TV and radio voice of the Dodgers for 59 years, will be inducted into the newly formed Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in New York City tonight.  Don Ohlmeyer will be joining  him, along with other broadcasting legends such as the late Chet Forte and Curt Gowdy. Scully, wh ... More >>

It's Only Rock and Roll but I Like It: Music as a Soundtrack to Life

Music is exceptionally - my wife may say irrationally - important to me. I can walk into a store, determined to spend hundreds of dollars, only to turn around and walk right back out if something horrible is playing inside. Music has never been disposable background noise; it's defined me, inspired ... More >>

Dodgers Fight Back

In front of a sold out crowd at Dodgers Stadium on Sunday, Big Blue blew out the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 in the third game of a seven-game series for the National League Championship. The Dodgers still trail the Phillies one game to two, but the team can even the series with a win tonight at Chave ... More >>

Dodgers Win Big in Chicago

Before the Lakers took over the minds and hearts of sports fans in Los Angeles, there were the Dodgers. Players such as Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Maury Wills, Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Tommy John, and Fernando Valenzuela, among many others, were gods, and then things didn't go so well for the team in ... More >>

The Magic of Joe Torre

Twelve years ago, Joe Torre was hired by the New York Yankees to manage a team that was expected to be a contender, but not necessarily the next world champions. In his first year, Torre made all the right moves, and with some dramatic hitting in the World Series against the Atlanta Braves--Yankee f ... More >>

Tommy Lasorda: The Lion in Spring

Love Letter to the L.A. Dodgers

True blue

Steak Me Out for the Ball Game

Best beggars’ banquet at Dodger Stadium

Music Picks

For the week of June 29 - July 6

A Fan's Notes

A salute to a new season for American Idol — and the Dodgers

Film Reviews

For the week of March 31-April 6

Crumbelievable!

Dining

Quest for Fire: Out of the Flames

L.A.'s best roasted, grilled sizzled and wood-baked cooking

Calling The Hole

The Vin Scully of pro poker: Mike Sexton

Missing the Unthinkable

Drive, I said

The Six Dollar Man

Go Blue!

Dodger Moves I’d Make if the Team Were Mine

America's Most Unwanted