{"id":21406,"date":"2013-05-15T06:11:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T10:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=21406"},"modified":"2013-05-15T06:11:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T10:11:53","slug":"vin-scully-on-bryce-harper-into-the-wall-the-only-good-thing-about-it-is-it-knocked-his-beard-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/05\/vin-scully-on-bryce-harper-into-the-wall-the-only-good-thing-about-it-is-it-knocked-his-beard-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Vin Scully on Bryce Harper into the wall: The only good thing about it is it knocked his beard off"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been a lot of discussion and pixels generated over Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper<\/strong>‘s collision into the right field wall the other night. All of this talk about toughness and such (I’m guilty of it too<\/a>) has overshadowed the the actual story — a fairly inexperienced outfielder took a bad route on a fly ball and in trying to catch up to it, ran so hard he didn’t see the wall.<\/p>\n

Prior to last night’s Nats 2-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Charlie Slowes<\/strong> of the Washington Nationals Radio Network interviewed legendary voice of the Dodgers, Vin Scully<\/strong> and Harper’s wall collision came up. Scully reminded us all of the real story:<\/p>\n

Charlie Slowes: Speaking of shoulders and knees and collisions, how about Bryce Harper into the wall last thing last night.<\/p>\n

Vin Scully: The only good thing about is it knocked his beard off …and I was delighted to see…(Slowes heard laughing in the background)…I went down to the clubhouse because I admire his play and there he was clean-shaven, uh stiches under the chin…such a fine young man and an outstanding player…and it’s none of my business but I hope he stays clean shaven.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure somebody will get the audio into embeddable format, but until then MLB Gameday subscribers can here<\/a> it by going to this page, clicking on the WJFK link and starting to listen around the 12:00 mark.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Legendary Dodgers Voice Vin Scully \u2018Delighted\u2019 Harper\u2019s Clean-Shaven<\/a> – CBS DC<\/em>
\nThe audio is now available from the link above.<\/p>\n

The interview also touches on the current Dodgers, the movie “42” and his start on the radio at WTOP in Washington when he lived at 29th and O Street for $15 a week. Good stuff, but what else would it be? The interview, between to New Yorkers and Fordham graduates) could have been something like:<\/p>\n

Vin: Charlie, nobody outside of New York knows how to fold a newspaper <\/p>\n

Charlie: Can’t good hard rolls either, Vin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and it still would have been good.<\/p>\n

OTHER NATS NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clayton Kershaw out-dueled Dan Haren<\/a> (The Post<\/em>), but with the lineup the Nats put out last night, how wouldn’t he? <\/p>\n

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Eury in for Span against Kershaw. No Harper:. Espinosa 4, Lombardozzi 7, Zimmerman 5, Desmond 6, LaRoche 3, Moore 9, Ramos 2, Perez 8, Haren<\/p>\n

— Adam Kilgore (@AdamKilgoreWP) May 14, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n