The Los Angeles Dodgers will wear a Vin Scully jersey patch for the remainder of the 2022 season and are in the process of planning additional honors at Dodger Stadium for the Hall of Fame broadcaster.
Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten told Orel Hershiser on SportsNet LA that the Scully uniform patch will be in place by Wednesday or for the series finale against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park.
A pregame ceremony to recognize Scully at Dodger Stadium is also being planned for Friday, their first day back from a road trip.
“We’re in touch with the family, as we have been for quite a while,” Kasten said. “We’re going to first and foremost consider their wishes. But we’re going to have some recognition Friday night. I don’t know the exact run of show yet, but that’s obviously going to happen.
“We are going to have a patch on uniforms as soon as we can do that; it’s either tonight or tomorrow. And then sometime thereafter, there will be some notice of any further details whether we can accommodate the public or not, I’m not sure, but we will make sure there is a time for the public to pay their respects.”
Here’s the Vin Scully patch #Dodgers will now wear. pic.twitter.com/lMe78OUmw9
— Matthew Moreno (@MMoreno1015) August 3, 2022
The Dodgers previously honored Jim Gilliam (1978), Tim Crews (1993), Don Drysdale (1993), Roy Campanella (1993), Pee Wee Reese (1999), Duke Snider (2011), Don Newcombe (2019), Tommy Lasorda (2021) and Don Sutton (2021) with a commemorative patch.
Since Scully passed Tuesday night, droves of Dodgers fans have left flowers and other mementos at the Welcome to Dodger Stadium sign on the corner of Vin Scully Avenue and Stadium Way. When the team renamed a portion of Elysian Park Ave. leading into Chavez Ravine, it changed the Dodger Stadium address to 1000 Vin Scully Ave.
Vin Scully’s career with Dodgers
Scully called his first Dodgers game on April 18, 1950, in Brooklyn. His final broadcast came Oct. 2, 2016, when the Dodgers played against his childhood Giants team. Scully’s 67 years in the booth made him the longest-tenured broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history.
“We have lost an icon,” Kasten said in a statement on Tuesday. “The Dodgers Vin Scully was one of the greatest voices in all of sports. He was a giant of a man, not only as a broadcaster, but as a humanitarian. He loved people. He loved life. He loved baseball and the Dodgers. And he loved his family.
“His voice will always be heard and etched in all of our minds forever. I know he was looking forward to joining the love of his life, Sandi. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this very difficult time. Vin will be truly missed.”
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