This Friday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and their fans had one of the most emotional days in living memory. It was the team’s first game at home since the death of the legendary Vin Scully, its chronicler for 67 years. Before the meeting between the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, the team paid tribute to the greatest baseball player. from the USA with a posthumous ceremony.
Vin Scully died on August 2 at the age of 94 at his home in Hidden Hills, in the San Fernando Valley, plunging baseball and Los Angeles into mourning.
Signs of love for the microphone legend have appeared outside the stadium. Fans posted countless flowers like the offer is right under the stadium sign, which is on the main access road called Vin Scully Avenue..
Inside the stadium, where Scully’s microphone badge, which was awarded several years ago when entering the Dodgers Circle of Honor, hangs in one of the stands, a cruciform flower arrangement appeared.
While on the field, just above the mound of pitchers, a blue circle was painted with the word “Vin” and a microphone in memory of a man who, in speaking to La Opinion during the pandemic, showed humility that was “an ordinary person” and in which he recalled special moments of his career, including the achievements of Fernando Valenzuela.
After the players of the Dodgers and Padres lined up on a diamond before the game, a moment of silence was observed in Scully’s memory.
Then came the big moment when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts took the mic. Surrounded by all the players and coaches of the team, Roberts asked Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser, Dodgers broadcasters, to unveil a sign in Scully’s honor.similar to the one the chronicler showed the fans from Los Angeles in his last game at the stadium.
And then Roberts asked the audience to stand up and shout out Scully’s most famous line: “It’s Dodger baseball time!” And on the count of three it happened.
Around the stadium, there were many memorabilia and memorabilia related to Vin and his legacy. A flower arrangement, commemorative photographs, and the aforementioned Vin sign were posted outside the press box that bears his name, saying that he will miss his fans.
Tributes to the chronicler abounded in Major League stadiums, such as Chicago’s Wrigley Field, where this Friday the day Scully sang the traditional song “Take Me to the Ball Game” was resurrected from the Cubs’ broadcast booth.
The Dodgers have released several videos celebrating Vin Scully’s career. Images will be present until the end of the season and forever.
Read more:
– It was a tribute to Vin Scully after retiring from the Dodgers chronicler.
— Chronicler Jaime Harrin’s First Person Commendation on Retirement.
– Sad day for the Dodgers: Mike Brito, scout who signed Valenzuela, dies.
Source: La Opinion
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