In a word he has used over the years to convey great achievement, “remarkable”.
Courtesy of CBS, let’s listen to him call Hank Aaron’s no. 715″ listen to his call of Henry Aaron’s 715th home run.
From CBS, echoing the advice of my Ballpark Radio broadcast colleague, Lance Winn, “…let it [the broadcast] breathe”
Scully’s often talked about the importance of letting the game breathe during a broadcast, and after Aaron’s record-breaking clout clears the fence you get a full one minute and 45 seconds of nothing but ambient baseball. And it’s wonderful. Then, of course, Scully goes on to place us in the moment as only he can.
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