Bill Text: CA ACR195 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vin Scully.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-6)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 99, Statutes of 2016. [ACR195 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR195-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 195	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 1, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Holden and Gomez
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Rendon   ) 
   (Principal coauthor: Senator De León)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Brown, Calderon, Chang,
Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Hadley, Jones-Sawyer,
Linder, Lopez, Nazarian, O'Donnell, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, and
Santiago)
   (Coauthors: Senators Hall, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Huff, Leyva, Liu,
Mendoza, Morrell, Pavley, and Runner)

                        JUNE 14, 2016

   Relative to Vin Scully.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 195, as amended, Holden. Vin Scully.
   This measure would recognize the legendary career of Vincent
Edward "Vin" Scully.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully was born in the Bronx, New
York City on November 29, 1927. At an early age, Vin Scully became
fascinated with football broadcasts on the radio and decided that he
wanted to become a sports announcer; and
   WHEREAS, After serving in the United States Navy for two years,
Vin Scully began his career as a student broadcaster and journalist
at Fordham University. While at Fordham, Scully played outfield for
two seasons on Fordham's baseball team and called baseball,
basketball, and football games for the university's radio station;
and
   WHEREAS, Vin Scully was recruited in 1949 by Red Barber, the
sports director of the CBS Radio Network, for the network's college
football coverage. In 1950, Scully joined Hall of Fame announcers Red
Barber and Connie Desmond as part of the Brooklyn Dodgers' broadcast
team, only a year after graduating from Fordham. In 1953, Scully
replaced Barber for the 1953 World Series coverage. At the age of 25,
Scully became the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game,
a record that stands to this day; and
   WHEREAS, During the 1954 season, Vin Scully became the Brooklyn
Dodgers' principal announcer. Scully announced Dodger games in
Brooklyn until 1957. After the club moved to Los Angeles for the 1958
season, Scully quickly became popular in southern California; and
   WHEREAS, In his illustrious career, Vin Scully has worked with
many accomplished broadcast partners, including Jerry Doggett, Ross
Porter, Don Drysdale, Sonny Jurgensen, Alex Hawkins, George Allen,
Jim Brown, John Madden, Hank Stram, Pat Summerall, Curt Gowdy, Ken
Venturi, Ben Wright, Brent Musburger, and Sparky Anderson. Scully has
worked for major broadcast networks, including CBS, ABC, and NBC,
covering Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and the
PGA Tour; and
   WHEREAS, In 1982, 32 years after he first became a Dodger
broadcaster, Vin Scully reached the pinnacle of his immaculate career
in baseball when he was inducted into the Broadcaster's Wing of the
National Baseball Hall of Fame as a Ford C. Frick Award recipient. In
addition to this award, Scully has received a  Life
  Lifetime  Achievement  Sports  Emmy
Award for sportscasting  and   as well as 
multiple  other  lifetime achievement awards and hall of
fame inductions relative to broadcasting and sportscasting; and
   WHEREAS, On September 5, 2014, Bud Selig presented Vin Scully with
the Major League Baseball Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award,
which was created to recognize accomplishments and contributions of
historical significance to the game of baseball. Scully was the 14th
recipient and second nonplayer to receive the award, after Rachel
Robinson; and
   WHEREAS, The California Sports Hall of Fame inducted Vin Scully in
2008. On May 11, 2009, Scully was awarded the Ambassador Award of
Excellence by the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission.
Scully has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, has the press box at
Dodger Stadium named on his behalf, served as Grand Marshal for the
2014 Tournament of Roses Parade, and has had Elysian Park Avenue
renamed to Vin Scully Avenue in his honor; and
   WHEREAS, Vin Scully hosted President Ronald Reagan during the 1989
Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Scully has also hosted the
charity event "Scully and Wooden, For the Kids" with legendary
University of California, Los Angeles basketball coach John Wooden,
an event that benefited the Pediatric Cancer Programs at Mattel
Children's Hospital UCLA and pediatric cancer research at Children's
Hospital Los Angeles and City of Hope. Scully has participated in
multiple events with ThinkCure, the Dodgers' charity organization
that raises funds to promote collaborative research to cure cancer;
and
   WHEREAS, Vin Scully's descriptions of baseball games have thrilled
fans for years. Scully's 67 seasons with the Dodgers is the longest
time any broadcaster has been with a single team in professional
sports history. Scully is known for his smooth and lyrical voice,
vivid and descriptive style, and ability to weave anecdotes between
his play-by-play of the ballgame. Scully's signature introduction to
Dodger games is beloved by Dodger fans across California: "It's time
for Dodger baseball!"; and
   WHEREAS, Vin Scully and his wife, Sandra, reside in Los Angeles;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the legendary
career of Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully, the embodiment of the artistic
spirit of California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.