The game arrived at 6:45 p.m. The radio was flipped on. The volume on the TV was turned down.
And there was no Vin.
Of course, we had all been properly warned that this would be the reality of Friday’s Dodgers-Mets NLCS Game 1 from Dodger Stadium.
We still had to check. And then, check our pulse.
None of this was quite registering. It was as if we were in some kind of weightless state, waiting for gravity to return.
The vague terms used Thursday afternoon was something about a “medical procedure” that 87-year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully needed.