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Posted on 09/05/2015 1:41:08 PM PDT by EveningStar
Los Angeles is such a complicated metropolis of disparate neighborhoods that it's hard to imagine a single event truly changing the place. Well, there is perhaps one: the retirement of Vin Scully.
Dodgers fans (and surely many of the team's executives) released a collective sigh of relief when their sainted announcer said last week that he would return next year for his 67th season. But tempering that excitement was a warning by the 87-year-old game caller that next season will also likely be his last. More than a year out from the day that fans knew would arrive but still dread, some readers are already reacting.
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I can’t imagine and I am no baseball fan
Going be sad day in Los Angeles when Vin Scully kick it or no longer broadcasting LA Dodgers game on the radio and TV
He started broadcasting Brooklyn Dodger games in 1950.
How many people, in any field you can think of, have a 66 year long job run????
I’ve heard he’s cut back his travel schedule in recent years. He no longer goes on the east coast and midwest road trips with the Dodgers.
I don’t think he travels at all this year. The other announcers were on when the Dodgers were in San Diego a couple days ago. In recent years, I think the rule was nothing east of the Mississippi.
For 32 years it was Vince Scully and Jerry Doggett, simply the best.
Being his replacement won’t be easy
These days Scully only announces half of each game. So we don’t have to imagine what it would be like. We know what it’s like and it’s OK, because the guy announcing when Vin is not is pretty darn good.
I would prefer to be the guy who replaces the guy who (temporarily) replaces Vin.
Following a legend is an almost impossible task.
“Being his replacement won’t be easy”
Agreed, although Charley Steiner appears to be a very capable successor. He’s been with the Dodgers for 11 years.
A legend for sure. He replaced or took over from another legend, Red Barber. Life goes on.
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