Vin Scully Tribute at Dodger Stadium: ‘He Loved the Game of Baseball’

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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorVin Scully, the legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster who died Aug. 2 at the age of 94, was remembered in a tribute Friday at Dodger Stadium as a towering but humble figure whose work extended beyond the team to become part of the fabric of baseball.“He wasn’t just a Dodger — he loved the game of baseball that we all love and care about,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said during the memorial ceremony that preceded the Blue Crew’s evening home game against the San Diego Padres.“Vin, you will be missed,” Roberts said from the field, surrounded by team members.

Some players them wore special hats bedecked with an image of an old-fashioned microphone with wings attached. “We love you.

We will think about you every day. Every game we come here, every fan who shows up to Dodger Stadium, there’s a reason you will always be remembered.

You’ll always be linked to these five words: It’s time for Dodger baseball,” Roberts said. Roberts instructed the stadium crowd of 50,000 to stand up and shout those five words loud enough so that Scully would hear the start of the game from his perch in “Blue heaven.” The fans obliged, many of them with tears in their eyes.Roberts also had Dodgers announcers Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser unveil a larger banner hung underneath the picture window of the broadcast booth that read: “We’ll Miss You, Vin.” That was a nod to a similar banner that Scully unveiled on his final night in the booth on Sept.