He spoke to the adoring folks who filled San Francisco’s AT&T Park, to the admiring announcers sitting in the next booth, to family members who surrounded his chair and wrapped him in a giant midgame hug.
Then, finally, after three hours of a brilliant final broadcast that will rank among his finest, Vin Scully stripped away all the decorations and did what he has done best for 67 years.
He spoke directly to the hearts of Dodgers fans.
With the cameras focused on the celebrating Giants after their 7-1, wild-card clinching win against the Dodgers, the retiring Scully uttered his final live call of a baseball game.
“I have said enough for a lifetime and, for the last time, I wish you all a very pleasant good afternoon,” he said.
Moments later, at the end of a postgame message taped earlier from the broadcast booth, he signed off for good.
“There will be a new day, and eventually a new year, and when the upcoming winter gives way to spring, ah, rest assured, once again, it will be time for Dodgers baseball!” he said. “So this is Vin Scully wishing you a very pleasant good afternoon, wherever you may be.”
Thanks, Vin.— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) October 2, 2016
He spoke like he was a caring uncle to all of us.
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