Scully maintains humor after fall
March 21, 2010
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)—Bruised physically and emotionally following a fall athis home Thursday, Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully showed he stillhas his sense of humor.
The 82-year-old Hall of Famer arrived in the desert Sunday to call his firstgame of the spring.
“I’m supposed to cut back on dangling participles, and I’m not allowed tosplit any infinitives for at least another week,” Scully told reporters insidethe Dodgers’ spring training complex.
Scully said he was never in a life-threatening situation. Feeling theeffects of a cold, he was walking across a marble floor to his bathroom when heblacked out.
When he regained consciousness, he said his wife was calling 911 and therewas blood on the floor. At the hospital, Scully received five staples in theback of his head. He also had a large bruise on the back of his right arm andhas some soreness in his back.
“I was embarrassed, and I am embarrassed because it was such a dumb thingto have happen,” Scully said. “I am embarrassed over all the fuss andfeathers. But somehow, I did it to myself, and I hope not to do it again.”
Sunday’s Dodgers game against the Cleveland Indians was the first of twoScully will broadcast this spring as he enters his 61st season with the club.
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