While the Los Angeles Dodgers may not receive unanimous praise from baseball fanatics nationwide, there can simply be no doubt that Vin Scully has made his mark on both the Dodgers and Major League Baseball (MLB) as a whole. Scully’s overall broadcasting career began when he attended Fordham University in New York City. Majoring in journalism, Scully helped start the school’s FM radio station, WFUV. He also called radio broadcasts for Fordham’s baseball, football, and basketball games before being recruited by Red Barber, the sports director of the CBS Radio Network.
Beginning his play-by-play announcing and broadcasting for the Dodgers in 1950, Scully’s career has an astounding span of 67 total baseball seasons, in which he has been the voice of the Dodgers since their days in Brooklyn, the team’s original location. In 1953, Scully made baseball history when he voiced the World Series. At 25 years old, Scully was, and still is, the youngest person ever to broadcast a World Series game.
Scully’s dulcet, enthusiastic, and assured voice has been heard from car radios and televisions for generations, with many Dodger fans holding fond and nostalgic memories of hearing one of the Dodger’s valuable assets narrate a game. The distinct voice of Vin Scully makes watching and listening to a Dodger game a unique experience, and it is a sound you cannot hear on any other baseball radio station or sports network; however, as the common saying goes, all good things must inevitably come to an end.
On August 29, 2015, Scully stated that his current 67th broadcast season would be his last and that he would finally retire, a statement that received a mixed reaction from baseball fans. Some were deeply saddened by the news, feeling that Dodger games would be drained of their zealous energy levels that Scully brought to the games, and that his future undetermined successor would severely pale in comparison to him. From a different perspective, some fans understood that Scully, at age 87, could not be the voice of the Dodgers forever

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CHS, being so close to Los Angeles, does have some students who idolize Scully, particularly Dodger fans. Brenden Argomaniz is a senior who plays on the varsity baseball team. He and his entire family grew up watching the Dodgers while listening to the sound of Scully, and he has taken such memories to heart.
“Listening to Vin Scully broadcast the Dodger games isn’t just a once-in-a-generation type of opportunity. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Argomaniz said. “Vinny’s 67 years has made him bigger than life and his legacy will live on forever. He is the greatest of all time, and it is very sad to see him go.”
Scully’s last game at Dodger Stadium will be on this upcoming Sunday, September 25, and his last game overall will be on October 2 at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Hopefully, Scully’s replacement will do his predecessor justice, and will still bring that signature touch that broadcasted Dodger games have today. However, one thing may be for certain; the words “It’s time for Dodger baseball” will never be heard the same way ever again.