Vin Scully is not a fan of socialism
In addition to flawlessly describing the action and seamlessly weaving great stories into his broadcasts, Hall of Famer Vin Scully has never been shy about sharing his opinion on various subjects. Rarely though does he ever venture into politics, but that’s precisely where he went during Friday’s Brewers-Dodgers broadcast.
With Milwaukee third baseman and Venezuela native Hernan Perez at the plate in the top of the sixth inning, Scully offered his take on socialism, which is currently taking hold on Perez’s home country. It’s also strongly advocated by democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
As many are saying now though, Scully clearly isn’t “feeling the Bern”, or the political theory as a whole, as he spoke against its merits in a relatively short but undeniably strong dissertation.
Here’s the text of what Scully had to say.
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“Socialism failing to work as it always does, this time in Venezuela. You talk about giving everybody something free and all of a sudden there’s no food to eat. And who do you think is the richest person in Venezuela? The daughter of Hugo Chavez. Hello. Anyway. Oh and two.”
It’s about as strong a statement as you’ll hear Scully make behind the microphone. It certainly had people talking, though for once not everyone agreed with his opinion. Some also did not agree with him using his platform as a baseball announcer to share a political opinion of that magnitude, but we highly doubt Scully cares. Nor should he.
Right or wrong, agree or disagree, Vin Scully is just like the rest of us. He has stories, he has thoughts, and he certainly has opinions. It’s also his right to share them.
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