Only nine days remain in the regular season. Three things that stood out from Friday in baseball:
Vin Scully Appreciation Day
With the Dodgers in their final homestand of the season, broadcaster Vin Scully is in the final stretch of a remarkable 67-year career that dates back to 1950, when the franchise was still in Brooklyn. On Friday evening at Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers kicked off a weekend of festivities devoted to the retiring Hall of Fame broadcaster with “Vin Scully Appreciation Day.” The first 50,000 fans at Dodger Stadium received a special letter from Scully, and prior to the game against the Rockies, fellow Dodgers broadcaster Charley Steiner emceed an hour-long ceremony that included a video tribute narrated by Bob Costas, and speeches by several luminaries.