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Vin Scully is not ready to head out to pasture just quite yet.

Scully, now 82 years of age, announced on Sunday that he will return to the Los Angeles Dodger’s broadcast booth, a job that he has held since 1950.

Scully, after conferring with his wife, Sandy, and his five children, said, “My wife understood, God bless her,” Scully said. “She said, `You love it, do it,’ and so I love it and I’m going to do it.”

During Scully’s Hall of Fame broadcasting career, he has called three perfect games, 19 no-hitters, 12 All-Star games, and 25 World Series. Scully called the perfect game of Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series, as well as Kirk Gibson’s dramatic pinch-hit home run in the first game of the 1988 World Series.

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman, who is in his 37th year broadcasting for the Reds, was in the radio booth next to Scully when the announcement became public.

Brennaman said, “There’s never been a better broadcaster in our profession than Vinny, and there never will be. He represents our fraternity better than anybody because he’s without ego, he’s nice to everybody and he’s always got a smile on his face.”

Scully calls all home Dodger games, and road games against NL and AL West teams only. He gave up traveling east of the Rockies years ago.

Scully has garnered more awards in sports broadcasting than many of his peers combined, and he does his job with a panache and flair unlike any other.

“We’re all known as play-by-play guys. Vinny’s not a play-by-play guy. Vinny’s a storyteller,” Brennaman said.

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Legendary Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully talks with “Angels on Air” hosts Jeff Biggs and Jason Brennan on a variety of Angel- and Dodger-related topics.

Scully speaks on the excitement in Southern California for both ball clubs that have been successful over the last few seasons and his joy of seeing Mike Scioscia and other Dodger alumni succeed while running a Major League team. Vin also gives us his opinion on the three worst decisions in Dodger history.

Click here to listen to LA Angel Insider Podcast – Vin Scully

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Vin Scully showed again last night why he is regarded as the dean of baseball broadcasters still broadcasting today, and could very well be the best ever.

When he got word that John Wooden had passed away, Scully announced to the crowd at Dodger Stadium that Wooden had died and did it in a way that only he could do it. He mixed some Shakespeare in with the announcement and also mentioned that Wooden was a a baseball fan. This article and the video of the announcement show Scully at his best.

Vin Scully was born in the Bronx on Nov. 27, 1927, about two months after Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in a season there in the Bronx. At the age of 22 he joined broadcasting immortal Red Barber in the booth for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950.

Barber told him to never be a homer by rooting openly for the Dodgers and to keep his opinions to himself, and he has done just that over his career.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of broadcasting baseball games for Scully. He was in the booth for one of the low points of Dodger history when Bobby Thomson hit the shot heard ’round the world off of Ralph Branca to give the Giants a dramatic 5-4 win over the Dodgers on Oct. 3, 1951.

He witnessed the early days of Sandy Koufax struggling to gain control of his fastball when he was nine-10 in his three years in Brooklyn before moving to Los Angeles. Koufax was 27-30 over his first three years in Los Angeles.

Then Scully saw Koufax at his best in the last four years of his career when he won 25, 19, 26, and 27 games before retiring after the 1966 season at the age of 30.

Scully was also there in 1955 when the Dodgers finally defeated the Yankees for the World Series championship, and a year later was at the mike when Don Larsen pitched his perfect game against the Dodgers in 1956 World Series.

His most famous call was when he called Hank Aaron’s 715th home run on April 8, 1974, announcing the game over the Dodgers radio network.

The following video tells in Scully’s own words what was going through his mind when he managed the Dodgers for an inning:

He was not only a baseball announcer but also announced NFL football games for CBS from 1972-1982.

Scully won’t announce a game east of Denver and had announced he might retire after the 2010 season, but is not closing the door on returning for the 2011 season.

In the times I have heard Scully broadcasting on television he doesn’t have another broadcaster making idle chatter. With Scully, you only need to hear the best broadcaster ever, so there is no need for banter between him and another broadcaster. Dodger fans are very fortunate to have had the best baseball broadcaster for the last 60 years.

Scully was voted the winner of the Ford Frick Award and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982. He has broadcast 28 more years since being inducted. He also was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.

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