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Whereas, in 1950, at the age of 22, Vin Scully joined the 
radio and television broadcast team for the Brooklyn 
Dodgers; 
Whereas, in 1953, at the age of 25, Vin Scully became the 
youngest individual to announce the broadcast of a World 
Series game; 
Whereas Vin Scully announced Brooklyn Dodgers’ games 
through 1957, after which he moved with the Dodgers to 
Los Angeles as the first team in Major League Baseball 
to play in Southern California; 
Whereas Vin Scully is credited with teaching the game of 
baseball to Los Angeles; 
Whereas, since 1950, Vin Scully has announced more than 
9,000 Major League Baseball games and almost 1⁄2 of all 
Los Angeles Dodgers games ever played; 
Whereas Vin Scully has announced numerous iconic moments 
in baseball history, including— 
(1) on September 9, 1965, Vin Scully announced 
Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitcher Sandy Koufax’s perfect 
game against the Chicago Cubs, concluding, ‘‘Sandy 
Koufax, whose name will always remind you of strike-
outs, did it with a flourish. He struck out the last 6 con-
secutive batters. So when he wrote his name in capital 
letters in the record book, that ‘K’ stands out more than 
the ‘oufax’.’’; 
(2) on April 8, 1974, Vin Scully called the 715th 
homerun by Hank Aaron to break Babe Ruth’s long-
standing homerun record, stating, ‘‘What a marvelous 
moment for baseball, what a marvelous moment for At-
lanta and the State of Georgia, what a marvelous mo-
ment for the country and the world. A black man is get-
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ting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking 
a record of an all-time baseball idol. And it is a great mo-
ment for all of us, and particularly for Henry Aaron.’’; 
and 
(3) on October 15, 1988, during Game 1 of the 
1988 World Series at Dodger Stadium, Vin Scully an-
nounced a game-winning, pinch hit homerun by injured 
Los Angeles Dodger Kirk Gibson against Oakland Ath-
letics’ reliever Dennis Eckersley, declaring, ‘‘High fly ball 
into right field, she is gone! . . . In a year that has been 
so improbable, the impossible has happened.’’; 
Whereas Vin Scully has described the exploits of some of 
baseball’s all-time greats, including Jackie Robinson, Roy 
Campanella, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Duke Snider, 
Don Sutton, Fernando Valenzuela, Tommy Lasorda, Orel 
Hershiser, Mike Piazza, and Clayton Kershaw, among 
many others; 
Whereas Vin Scully has been nicknamed ‘‘The Shakespeare 
of Baseball’’, ‘‘The Voice of the Dodgers’’, and ‘‘The 
Voice of Summer’’; 
Whereas Vin Scully has been awarded the honors of— 
(1) National Sportscaster of the Year from the Na-
tional Sports Media Association in 1965, 1978, and 
1982; 
(2) Ford Frick Award from the National Baseball 
Hall of Fame in 1982; 
(3) induction into the National Sports Media Asso-
ciation Hall of Fame in 1991; 
(4) induction into the American Sportscasters Asso-
ciation Hall of Fame in 1992; 
(5) Life Achievement Emmy Award for Sports-
casting in 1995; 
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(6) induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame 
in 1995; 
(7) Sportscaster of the Century from the American 
Sportscasters Association in 2000; 
(8) induction into the California Sports Hall of 
Fame in 2008; 
(9) induction into the National Association of 
Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2009; 
(10) Ambassador Award of Excellence from the Los 
Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission in 2009; 
(11) Top Sportscaster of All-Time from the Amer-
ican Sportscasters Association in 2009; 
(12) Baseball Commissioner’s Historic Achievement 
Award in 2014; and 
(13) 32-time California Sportscaster of the Year; 
Whereas, on September 23, 2016, during a pregame cere-
mony at Dodgers Stadium to honor Vin Scully for his 
iconic life and contributions, he was likened to Norman 
Rockwell and film character George Bailey; and 
Whereas Vin Scully will announce his final game on October 
2, 2016, when the Los Angeles Dodgers visit the San 
Francisco Giants: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) honors the life and legendary career of Vin-
cent Edward ‘‘Vin’’ Scully, whose character, artistry, 
and storytelling as an announcer for the Brooklyn 
and Los Angeles Dodgers has set the standard for 
sports announcing; and 
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(2) wishes Vin Scully a fulfilling retirement as 
he bids farewell to the broadcast booth following the 
2016 Major League Baseball season. 
Æ 
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