RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
Now let's say goodbye to a familiar voice. Maybe just saying goodbye is not the way if you're seeing off the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, maybe you should say this...
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VIN SCULLY: High fly ball in the right field. She is gone.
MONTAGNE: Vin Scully called a game winning homerun in the 1988 World Series.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
It was a moment in one of his 67 seasons stretching back to 1950.
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SCULLY: I have said enough for a lifetime. And for the last time, I wish you all a very pleasant good afternoon.
MONTAGNE: Scully called the final game as the Dodgers played the San Francisco Giants. Both teams relocated from New York City to California in 1958. And this is an incredible fact - Vin Scully was calling Dodgers games even before they moved.
INSKEEP: The whole world changed around his broadcast booth, but Vin Scully remained. Along the way, he called the first perfect game pitched in a World Series in 1956. He also called Hank Aaron's historic 714 home run as he was beating Babe Ruth's record in 1974.
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SCULLY: I'm deadly serious when I say this. What I sense is I've been there watching men accomplish, watching no-hitters, watching perfect games, et cetera, et cetera. And all I did was be blessed to have the opportunity to broadcast it. So my last day will not be a sad day - not for me at all. It will be a Thanksgiving Day because I owe the Lord a great deal.
MONTAGNE: And baseball fans say thank you to Vin Scully.
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DANNY KAYE: (Singing) So I say D. I say D-O, D-O-D, D-O-D-G, D-O-D-G-E-R-S, team, team. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.