Joe Davis inherited quite a mantle in 2016, when the Dodgers installed him as their play-by-play broadcaster for road games, and the heir apparent to Vin Scully. Davis has since carved his own path, always being careful to not draw personal comparisons to Scully, who is without historical peer among baseball play-by-play men.
Setting his unparalleled talent aside, Scully brought something else to the Dodgers’ broadcast booth unmatched in MLB history: longevity.
Scully’s 67 years with the Dodgers began in Brooklyn in 1950 and ended in Los Angeles with the 2016 season. No broadcaster has spent that long with a single sports team — a record certified by the Guinness Book of World Records.