Here’s a tag you wouldn’t wish on a budding young announcer: the next Vin Scully!
Following in the footsteps of legends can prove to be a perilous and unappreciated journey. Anyone remember who followed Vince Lomardi? It was Phil Bengston. Gene Bartow went 52-9 following John Wooden and UCLA threw a party when he left.
But Scully, who turns 88 this month, is going to retire one day and has said the coming season will probably be his last. Someone is going to have to pick up the microphone after him. And seemingly, the Dodgers have now identified his heir apparent.