“We’ve lost an icon,” Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten said in a statement.
“Finn Scully of the Dodgers was one of the greatest voices in all of the sport. He was a huge man, not only as an announcer but also as a philanthropist,” Kasten said.
“He loved people. He loved life. He loved baseball and the Dodgers. And he loved his family. His voice will always be heard and burned into our minds forever.”
At age 25, he became the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game in 1953, and when Barber left two years later to join the New York Yankees, Scully was the voice of the Dodgers.
From the streaming platform, Scully became the storyteller for baseball’s biggest franchise. It was there that the “Boys of Summer” won their first world championship in 1955 and scored the final innings of Don Larsen’s perfect game at the 1956 world championship. The team noted that she was one of more than 20 players in his career.
When the franchise abruptly left Brooklyn for Los Angeles in 1958, Scully also left his hometown to extend his 67-year career with the Dodgers, the longest for a single-team station, the team said.
In addition to covering the Dodgers, he has also appeared on national television as a golf and soccer and baseball anchor.
Respect friends and fans
After the team’s win over the Giants Tuesday night in San Francisco, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the announcer inspired him to get better.
“There is no better narrator. I think everyone considers him family. It has been in our living rooms for generations. Shuffle fans consider him part of their family. He lived a wonderful life, a legacy that will live on forever.”
Scully broadcast his last home game for the Dodgers on September 25, 2016.
In a 2020 interview with CNN, Scully described my feeling: “As I left Dodger Stadium on my last day at the ballpark, there was a large banner hanging on the booth window saying, ‘I’m going to miss you.’ “That’s how I felt the fans.”
CNN’s Gillian Martin contributed to this report.
