The famous Vincent Edward Scully was an American sportscaster.
He was best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 and ending in 2016.
For all the Dodgers’ marquee players since World War II, Mr. Scully was the enduring face of the franchise.
He was a national sports treasure as well, broadcasting for CBS and NBC.
He called baseball’s Game of the Week, All-Star Games, the playoffs, and more than two dozen World Series.
In 2009, the American Sportscasters Association voted him No. 1 on its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time.
He began broadcasting at Ebbets Field in 1950 when he was a slender, red-haired 22-year-old graduate of Fordham University and a protégé of Red Barber.
When the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, fans at the cavernous Coliseum brought along hand-held transistor radios, recently popularized in America, so Mr. Scully could guide them through the pioneering days of major league baseball on the West Coast.
Vin Scully house: Where did Vin Scully live?
He was 94. Scully died at his home in the Hidden Hills section of Los Angeles, according to the team after being informed by family members.
Hidden Hills is a city and gated community in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California. It is located next to the city of Calabasas.
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