The city of Los Angeles has honored Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully by renaming the avenue that Dodgers Stadium is on after him
This is most likely going to be the last year of broadcasting for Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully and the team will surely honor arguably the greatest broadcaster ever multiple times throughout the season. It’s quite likely that other teams will do so as well.
The city of Los Angeles has gotten the party started by passing a bill that renamed Elysian Park Ave (where Dodgers Stadium lies) after the broadcaster.
It’s rare to see politicians agree unanimously on just about anything these days, but Vin Scully is an obvious exception to that rule. Everyone can agree that Scully is nothing short of a treasure who deserves to be honored in as many ways as possible.
Scully is entering his 67th and most likely final year as the Dodgers broadcaster. He began in 1950 when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. He was so popular that he remained on the broadcast crew even after the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. He has since become arguably the most famous voice in baseball history. He was the featured broadcaster for NBC during their weekend baseball games from 1983 to 1989 and also worked with them during the postseason.
Outside of baseball, Scully is perhaps most famous for his call of Dwight Clark’s game winning catch in 1982 that is simply known today as “The Catch.” Scully was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame back in 1982.