Vin Scully continues amaze us with his acumen and the ease of weaving tales into baseball games. On Friday night as the Dodgers were hosting the San Francisco Giants and Madison Bumgarner was on the mound. Scully talked about an encounter Bumgarner and his wife had with a rattlesnake. It was killed and hacked to bit, but that’s just a small part of the story. It gets even better as you can read the transcription below.
Actual story about Madison Bumgarner told by national treasure Vin Scully last night on the Dodgers broadcast. pic.twitter.com/JAKy8Cqiw0
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) April 16, 2016
And you can follow along the text with the video clip below
Ano Vin’s moral, “You’ve gotta somehow survive. You’ve gotta somehow battle back,” is the story of us all, isn’t it? Vin really can’t be retiring. He’s got to stay for another year to give us more tales.

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