Vin Scully, Legendary Sports Announcer and Voice of the Dodgers, Dies at 94
variety.comJon Weisman Vin Scully, the longtime Dodgers play-by-play announcer considered by many to be the king of his profession, died Tuesday.
He was 94.The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed Scully’s death through its official social media.“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the organization wrote. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw.
Vin Scully was the heartbeat of the Dodgers — and in so many ways, the heartbeat of all of Los Angeles.”pic.twitter.com/FloR9dBhZj— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2022Also for years a national announcer of baseball for NBC, football and golf for CBS and baseball for CBS Radio, Scully endeared himself to fans through 67 seasons with the Dodgers, a record for one broadcaster with one team in any sport.
In 2010, the American Sportscasters Assn. named Scully the greatest sportscaster of all time.Born in New York, Vincent Edward Scully joined the Brooklyn Dodgers at age 22 as their No.
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