Vin Scully…65 Season With The Dodgers, From Brooklyn To LA

Vin Scully…65 Season With The Dodgers, From Brooklyn To LA

His 65 seasons with the Dodgers (1950–present) is the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history, and he is second by one year to only Tommy Lasorda in terms of number of years with the Dodgers organization in any capacity.

In 1950, Scully joined Red Barber and Connie Desmond in the Brooklyn Dodgers radio and television booths which were carried on WOR. When Barber got into a salary dispute with World Series sponsor Gillette in 1953, Scully took Barber’s spot for the 1953 World Series. At the age of 25, Scully became the youngest man to broadcast a World Series game (a record that stands to this day). Barber left the Dodgers after the 1953 season to work for the New York Yankees.

Sculley worked for CBS from 1975-’82 calling NFL, PGA and tennis games. From ’83-’89 he worked for NBC television as their lead baseball broadcaster. Besides calling the Saturday Game of the Week for NBC, Scully called three World Series (1984, 1986, and 1988), four National League Championship Series (1983, 1985, 1987, and 1989), and four All-Star Games (1983, 1985, 1987, and 1989). Scully also reworked his Dodgers schedule during this period, broadcasting home games on the radio, and road games for the Dodgers television network, with Fridays and Saturdays off so he could work for NBC.

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7 Comments

  1. Mario Torrico April 22, 2014

    No Vinny – no Dodgers…. The only one left that is mentioned in Danny Kaye’s. Dodger Song… (Google it). When Vinny goes… I think I am done… Listening to him since ’58!

  2. Don Hougland April 21, 2014

    Vin Scully also call NFL football for NBC…KPRC-TV Houston provided the prod-tech crew for an Olier/L.A. game at the Astrodome. Vin was smooth & accurate…Believe Joe Garagiola was his side-kick…fun game to TD.

  3. Joe McConnell April 21, 2014

    He’s the guy we all tried to be…and a class act as well!

  4. Robert Bagley April 21, 2014

    The best broadcaster, and person. Proud to have worked with Vin and to call him a friend.

  5. Tim Stepich April 21, 2014

    I am lucky to be living in LA to enjoy him.

  6. Bob Batsche April 21, 2014

    Great photo with beer, lucky strikes and a WOR Camera & Microphone!

  7. Gary Walters April 21, 2014

    Vin Scully even hosted a game show on NBC.