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BASEBALL MOURNS LOSS OF ONE-OF-A-KIND BROADCASTER VIN SCULLY

Who’s the best baseball player ever?

The question has many defensible answers.

Ask about the best baseball broadcaster of all-time and there’s only one answer: Vin Scully.

Scully died on Aug. 2. He was 94. He had retired in 2016 after 67 years at the microphone as Dodgers broadcaster.

There has never been a better blend of man and moment than when Scully began broadcasting Brooklyn Dodgers games in 1950. He then went on to broadcast baseball for another 67 years. It’s a longevity that defies belief.

Scully was the soundtrack of summer for four generations of baseball fans.

Scully broadcast the

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