How Vin Scully scored his Dodgers gig at 22 years old
- Written by James Walker, Past Executive Director, International Association for Communication and Sport, Emeritus Professor of Communication, Saint Xavier University
Barber called Scully, pictured in a broadcast booth prior to a Los Angeles Dodgers game, 'the son I never had.'Sporting News via Getty ImagesVin Scully, who died on Aug. 2, 2022, is widely viewed as the greatest baseball announcer of all time. But for an earlier generation, his mentor, Red Barber, held that distinction.
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