Eighty-eight-year-old Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully will end his 67 consecutive-year broadcasting career (all with the Dodgers in Brooklyn and LA) with a four-game series with the Colorado Rockies in Dodger Stadium that begins tonight at 10:10 PM ET. His last broadcast will be Sunday afternoon. This is bittersweet for hundreds of thousands Dodger fans--sad that the golden voice will no longer do play-by-play of America's game, but glad that he and his wife Sandra can now have more time together for their big family and for travel. Both of them seem to be enjoying great health. What a blessing that is.
Still, baseball will never be quite the same for guys like me. Some of my earliest childhood memories include Dodger games on AM radio being broadcast from Brooklyn (Ebbets Field), Upper Manhattan (Polo Grounds), Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Philly and other NL cities of the early-50s. (And, of course, from The Bronx and Yankee Stadium during the World Series.) Scully called 'em all following in Red Barber's footprints.
Godspeed, Vin.
The Dodgers have announced their plans to celebrate broadcaster Vin Scully over their final homestand of the season this weekend.
A celebration entitled "Vin Scully Weekend" to honor the Ford C. Frick Award winner and "Voice of the Dodgers" will include special tributes during the team's four-game series against the visiting Colorado Rockies. The festivities will begin Friday with "Vin Scully Appreciation Day," as the first 50,000 fans in attendance will receive a letter of appreciation written by the broadcaster himself.
There will also be a pregame ceremony on the field honoring Scully, who is winding down his 67th consecutive season as broadcaster for the Dodgers.
The ceremony, hosted by fellow Dodgers broadcaster Charley Steiner, will feature a video tribute by Bob Costas, as well as a star-studded lineup of special guests including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Costner, fellow Frick Award winner Jaime Jarrín, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, Dodgers chairman Mark Walter and Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax. Read on here... http://m.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article/2 ... r-stadium/
