Vin Scully wraps up 67 years of broadcast excellence. To underscore how long that is, Jackie Robinson was the NL MVP the previous year - after management told him he no longer had to be a diplomat. Commercial flight was just beginning to take off. Farley Mowatt made his first trip to the Canadian North...and the Leafs were the powerhouse of the NHL.
Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax were still teenagers. He's broadcast games throughout the Dodgers transition, from Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, The LA Coliseum when they moved west to Chavez Ravine. Chris Carter created the character Scully of The X -Files in deference to him. Most of all, he called the 1993 World Series for American broadcast, then actively lobbied to have Tom Cheek inducted into the Baseball HOF.
He's an irreplaceable North American treasure, it's the end of an era.
Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax were still teenagers. He's broadcast games throughout the Dodgers transition, from Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, The LA Coliseum when they moved west to Chavez Ravine. Chris Carter created the character Scully of The X -Files in deference to him. Most of all, he called the 1993 World Series for American broadcast, then actively lobbied to have Tom Cheek inducted into the Baseball HOF.
He's an irreplaceable North American treasure, it's the end of an era.