The voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers will not call the team’s 2015 postseason games.
According to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, announcer Vin Scully underwent a medical procedure and will miss the playoffs.
The team made an announcement on its Twitter page: "Vin Scully underwent a recommended medical procedure this morning and is resting comfortably. On the advice of his doctors, Scully will miss the Dodgers’ postseason games to rest up but is looking forward to returning in 2016. Everyone in the Dodgers organization wishes Vin the speediest of recoveries."
Scully is a baseball institution and announced earlier this season he will return to broadcast Dodgers games in 2016 for his 67th season. The 87-year-old broadcaster doesn’t work many road games anymore but is a fixture at home contests in Dodger Stadium. The team made the announcement he will return on the scoreboard with some help from Magic Johnson and Jimmy Kimmel earlier this season:
Per the Associated Press (via the New York Daily News), Scully is the longest-tenured game-caller with one team and started his career in 1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers:
He has called three perfect games, 25 World Series and 12 All-Star games. He was behind the microphone for Kirk Gibson’s Game 1 homer in the 1988 World Series, Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Hank Aaron’s record-setting 715th home run and Sandy Koufax’s four no-hitters, including a perfect game.
Scully was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, and Ken Gurnick of MLB.com pointed out the Dodgers broadcaster was named the Top Sportscaster of All-Time by the American Sportscasters Association.
The Dodgers’ postseason run just won’t feel the same without the legendary Scully behind the microphone.
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