I have read dozens of tributes to Vin Scully in the last month. But the tributes didn't start there. No, I've read tributes to Scully in newspapers, in magazines, in the commemorative program for the 1980 All-Star Game, ever since I was a kid. Even though I didn't grow up in Southern California and listened to few of his Dodger broadcasts before the advent of the MLB Network, I have always known Scully was considered a legend in his field. I remember him receiving the Ford Frick Award for broadcasting and giving a speech at the Hall of Fame way back in 1982 . I waited until after Scully's last game to issue my farewell to the man. Anything before his final broadcast seemed like naming the field after the guy while he was still coaching. So now that the game is done, his career is over, it's time for my reflection and an attempt to say something that hasn't already been said by a thousand testimonials, many of which are from people who know him. I arr...
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