No matter what happens on the field, baseball's postseason will be a lot less poetic. Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully's iconic voice won't be heard for the rest of the season after Scully underwent an unspecified medical procedure and decided not to participate in the postseason on the advice of his doctors. Scully, who is 87 and will turn 88 in November, missed the final series of the regular season last weekend because of a cold and also missed a game earlier this season. [ Check out Big League Stew on Tumblr for even more baseball awesomeness. ] Scully has been calling Dodgers games since 1950 when he was just a year removed from Fordham University. His 66 years of service with the club are easily the most for any broadcaster in any sport. Dodgers statement on Vin Scully having to sit out the postseason. pic.twitter.com/L2vmcCEp5b — David Lennon (@DPLennon) October 8, 2015 Scully has appeared in movies and has been honored with just about every award available to broadcasters from both baseball and assorted media and broadcasting organizations. In 2010, The American Sportscasters Association put him at the top of its list of the 50 best in history....
Iconic broadcaster Vin Scully out for postseason following medical procedure
Published October 8, 2015 at 3:35 PM
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