World's Worst Scout Vin Scully Judged Sandy Koufax for Being Too Tan

"“I went down to the clubhouse. I walked in and I saw the fella who was going to try out. My first thought was ‘No chance.’ The reason I said no chance was because he had a suntan. I don’t mean the so-called ‘truck driver’s suntan,’ where only your forearms are tan because you’re wearing a uniform. No-no, he was completely tan. I thought ‘He spent all his time on the beach, not playing baseball.”"

Oh yes. America’s most beloved broadcaster has a dark past as a cranky old-school scout. This must be crushing news to members of the sabremetric community who have just assumed he was always forward-thinking.

An opinion like this could get a sports pundit ostracized in 2016.

Scully said Koufax’s tryout was rather unimpressive and that he didn’t expect to see the young pitcher again.

Instead, the young lefthander overcame his sun-kissed skin to have a Hall of Fame career. At age 80, he still has a fine tan.

[MLB]