A Baseball Voice

Can I just say that I love to listen to Vin Scully?

I'm not a Dodgers' Fan, but I think he just has a wonderful voice for baseball broadcasting.

I think there are just a couple of voices that seem so perfect for listening:
Carl Kasell
Garrison Keilor
Vin Scully

and of the three I have heard the least of Vin Scully. Growing up on NPR, I have heard countless broadcasts of Prairie Home Companion and All Things Considered on long car rides back from Bangor, but only in the last couple of months as I've had more time to listen to the occasional Dodger game on the radio or through MLB.tv have I had the chance to really listen and appreciate Vin Scully. The contrast with the Padres broadcaster Ted Leitner is astounding. I will continue to look for voice samples, but if you could hear the difference, you'd understand.

UPDATE:
Voice Samples of
Garrison Keilor
Carl Kassel
Vin Scully (1)
Vin Scully (2)

UPDATE II
I also can't stand the voice of Angels TV announcer Rex Hudler. Terrible. How two teams in the same city have such a contrast!

Innovation in a Wedding

We are in the middle of marriage season.  Proposals, engagements, weddings.  At one point I was keeping track, and was up to 14 weddings of friends and acquaintances between March and August.  I've gotten more since.  This past weekend was my friend L's wedding.  Apparently she and her now husband have a thing for photo booths, and so for a guest book they rented a photo booth and told everyone to get their picture taken.  Here's A and mine's contribution.

You might also consider these our first engagement pictures.  I think they are some of the first ones we've taken since we got engaged last week.  That's a story, but not a blog story.  (San Carlos, CA)

 

I promise we'll have real engagement pictures before too long :-)