Listen To Legendary Dodgers Broadcaster Vin Scully Rail On Socialism During Game Broadcast
9 years ago

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When you are an 88-year-old broadcasting legend, you can pretty much get away with saying whatever you want on the air.

So when Vin Scully railed on socialism during Friday night’s Dodgers broadcast, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Scully, born in 1927, had some majorly hot takes on socialism when Venezuelan infielder Hernan Perez stepped to the plate. There is not much context here, just a beautiful, elegant mini-rant on how awful socialism can be.

“Socialism failing to work, as it always does, this time in Venezuela. You talk about giving everybody something free and all of a sudden, there’s no food to eat. And who do you think is the richest person in Venezuela? The daughter of Hugo Chavez. Hello! Anyway, 0-and-2.”

Hello! Anyway, back to baseball. A great segue from Scully, who has also used broadcasting time to read a grocery list and explain the meaning of GOAT.

Thanks for the apropos lesson on socialism, Vin. You are, and forever will be, the GOAT.

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  2. Blakefoster

    Even more better he is out in California with the liberal yahoos. Keep spreading the word Vin

    9 years ago at 1:47 pm
  7. LewinskyFanClub

    Making your point without having to interrupt or shove it down somebody’s throat is definitely a TFM.

    9 years ago at 4:52 pm
    1. frat__dog

      Not that I support socialism, just no need to spread unqualified opinions around

      9 years ago at 5:03 pm
      1. Blakefoster

        All he said was that socialism was failing in other countries. You can be a child and understand that something that has failed other places might not work when you try it

        9 years ago at 7:33 pm
  9. mosthonorableactive

    It’s criminal that in the same year millions of people wanted to elect someone with a well-documented history of supporting Latin American socialism, the media is barely covering Venezuela’s collapse, and when they are they blame it solely on oil prices

    9 years ago at 6:29 pm
  10. TopCommentReply

    next time I have an opinion I’ll come to you to qualify it for me frat dog

    9 years ago at 12:23 am
    1. TopCommentReply

      fuck I hit new comment instead of reply… bout to take alotta laps for this shit

      9 years ago at 12:24 am
  11. Drunk Chris Berman

    That take on socialism was probably more entertaining than the entire game itself

    9 years ago at 11:08 am