You could be a member of the orchestra-but perhaps even better, you could be the conductor. Garvey was leaving his prime in his thirties, but Vinny was still the best. Koufax retired the year I was born, but Vinny was still the best.
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Like many young Dodger fans un-big of stature and un-strong of skill who realized early on that being a professional athlete was not a viable aspiration, following in Scully’s footsteps seemed to be not only a logical alternative, but quite possibly a superior one.
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