Dodgers induct Vin Scully into ‘Ring of Honor’ (Video)

The LA Dodgers inducted Vin Scully into the team’s Ring of Honor on Wednesday.

Vin Scully is one of sport’s greatest broadcasters, and before their game against the much-hated Giants, the Dodgers decided to pay respects to the microphone Scully used for decades.

In what was a pretty spectacular scene at Dodger Stadium, the team officially put Scully’s microphone among the greats that have worn the Dodgers blue and white. It was a fitting tribute to a man that has long been a symbol of Dodgers baseball.

Scully began broadcasting Dodgers games in 1950 when the team was in Brooklyn. Scully is a Bronx native, and though he was sad to see the Dodgers leave his beloved New York City for Los Angeles, Scully followed the team out to sunny Southern California in 1958.

For the next 58 years, SoCal fans would turn on their radios to hear “the legend” call Dodger games. For a short spell (1983-1989) he would be the lead broadcaster for NBC’s “Game of the Week” telecast when the network held the right to broadcast MLB games.

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During his time with NBC, he called three World Series, four All-Star Games, and four National League Championship Games, but he never neglected his duties to the team that he loved.

He still called Dodgers games while doing his thing with NBC.

When his contract ended with NBC, instead of re-signing with the network (which they really wanted), Scully decided to stick with calling Dodger games (although he did remain as the lead World Series announcer for CBS until 1997).

At the end of the 2016 MLB season, Scully called it an illustrious career, and when you know the history behind the man behind the legendary microphone, you will understand why retiring his mic was just as special as retiring “the legend” himself.