Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster, Vin Scully, dead at 94

Legendary broadcaster called Dodgers games for 67 years

ATLANTA – The sports world has lost another man who provided the details for decades worth of legendary moments, as L.A. Dodgers broadcaster, Vin Scully, died Tuesday night at 94.

Scully’s 67-year career as the voice of the Dodgers started in 1950 – when the team was still in Brooklyn – sharing stories about his time with Jackie Robinson, to announcing Bill Buckner’s blunder in the 1986 World Series, to even calling Hank Aaron’s record-setting 715th homerun in Atlanta.

He retired from broadcasting in 20-16, earning himself the Ford Frick award for his major contributions to baseball; he was honored the lifetime achievement Emmy award for sportscasting; he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995; and was the National Sports Media’s Sportscaster of the Year four times.

Scully was not just known in the booth, but in the community, and if Dodgers coach Dave Roberts could sum him up in one word, it would be “gentleman.”