Vin Scully, who was celebrated for his mastery of the graceful phrase and his gift for storytelling during the 67 summers he served as the announcer for Dodgers baseball games, first in Brooklyn and then in Los Angeles, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94.<\/p>\n
His death was announced by the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n
For all the Dodgers\u2019 marquee players since World War II, Mr. Scully was the enduring face of the franchise. He was a national sports treasure as well, broadcasting for CBS and NBC. He called baseball\u2019s Game of the Week, All-Star Games, the playoffs and more than two dozen World Series. In 2009, the American Sportscasters Association voted him No. 1 on its list of the \u201cTop 50 Sportscasters of All Time.\u201d<\/p>\n
He began broadcasting at Ebbets Field in 1950, when he was a slender, red-haired 22-year-old graduate of Fordham University and a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Red Barber. When the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, fans at the cavernous Coliseum brought along hand-held transistor radios, recently popularized in America, so Mr. Scully could guide them through the pioneering days of major league baseball on the West Coast.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Breaking News: Vin Scully, the voice of Dodgers baseball games for 67 summers in Brooklyn and then Los Angeles, has died at 94. https:\/\/t.co\/tno4XcR96O<\/a><\/p>\n — The New York Times (@nytimes) August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n