OK, long headline. Almost as long as the illustrious career of the greatest baseball announcer of all time, Vin Scully.
But tonight, Mr. Scully ended the annual speculation that he will finally hang it up and call it a career.
In the top of the sixth inning, Mr. Scully said he is coming back for one more season. And it will be his 63rd season behind the mike.
Sixty-three years?! That is so amazing in and of itself.
But what is more amazing is that my father, a Brooklyn Dodger fan born in The Bronx, introduced me to Mr. Scully. And I get to do that to another generation.
How many sports announcers can have that claim to fame?
How many announcers would invoke God as his guide as to whether or not to continue to announce another season of baseball games from Chavez Ravine?
Vin Scully has more talent in his 80 year old plus pinky that most announcers today. He is conversational, informative and never ever gets himself involved in the game that he is announcing.
I am so glad that in a dismal Dodger season, there is always Vin Scully to make everything seem a-OK. And that he will be back next year. God willing, a Dodger championship year.
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