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Vin Scully on Opening Day: ‘I might catch a piece of it’

By Michael Matossian

Sep 24, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully waves as the crowd cheers in the seventh inning of the game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. Dodgers won 14-1. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully waves as the crowd cheers in the seventh inning of the game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. Dodgers won 14-1. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /
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For Vin Scully, watching his Los Angeles Dodgers face off against the San Diego Padres on Opening Day just isn’t a priority.

The Associated Press caught up with Vin Scully recently at his home in California where they asked him if he would be tuning into the Dodgers Opening Day game against the Padres. This is the first year of retirement for the Hall of Fame announcer but he’s not clearing his schedule to make sure he catches his beloved Dodgers on Opening Day.

“It’s a day game. I’ll probably have things to do,” said the beloved 89-year-old announcer. “I might catch a piece of it.” While I don’t imagine Scully has a ton on his plate as he enjoys his retirement, he has his reasons why he would miss out on such a sacred day for die-hard baseball fans.

"“During the World Series back around ’77 or ’78, there was a game at Dodger Stadium with the Yankees, and I went to the game as a spectator. Now, I hadn’t been as a spectator in a long, long time, and I felt somewhat restless that I wasn’t broadcasting,” Scully recalled.“I did not have the challenge of trying to describe, accurately and quickly, the way it should be done. I just sat there, and I was not happy, I’ll be honest. So I realized that although I love the game, what I loved more was broadcasting it,” he said."

If anything his family will be the lucky ones if he takes the time to tune into the game, he might have to mute the game do his own mini-broadcast in the comfort of his own home to keep himself happy. This will be the first time since 1950 that the Dodgers will take the field without Scully in the announcer’s booth.

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Many tears were shed during the farewell tour, but I imagine that even more will fall as the Dodgers take the field without the soothing cadence of Scully’s voice letting us know that “It’s time for Dodger baseball.”

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