In this season of long goodbyes in baseball, we've overlooked one of great significance.
Dick Enberg is wrapping up his seven-year run as the Padres' main television voice this weekend. His final home broadcast was Thursday night at Petco Park. His final season will conclude Sunday in Phoenix.
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While baseball is but one part of his sterling resume, Enberg's involvement in the sport at the major league level dates to the 1960s. That fragmented half-century isn't the 67 continuous years Vin Scully has spent with the Dodgers, but Enberg, 81, deserves recognition for his diamond work, too.