Vin Scully: The Last Uniter

Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully smiles in a broadcast booth during the National League MLB baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles on April 25, 2007. Danny Moloshok/Reuters

Commentary

One of the joys of coming to Southern California in 1987 was listening to Vin Scully broadcast the games of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Especially memorable was Kirk Gibson’s walk-off home run in the 1988 World Series, which I’ve watched numerous times, beginning where Scully says, “Look who’s comin’ up.”