Vin Scully, the famed Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster, dies at 94

If there's one name synonymous with the Dodgers, it's not a player, manager or any team official. It's Vin Scully

For more than a half-century, there wasn't a Dodgers game that didn't begin this way for fans at home or the stadium: "It's Time For Dodger Baseball!"

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Vin Scully began announcing games on the radio and then on television when the Dodgers still played in Brooklyn

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He spent more time with one team than any other announcer in sports history, before he retired after the 2016 season

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It wasn't just longevity that made Scully great. It wasn't his baseball knowledge—which was prodigious

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Veteran broadcaster Larry King remembered Vin Scully from his time both in Brooklyn and L.A. "There's a comfort zone. You feel home," King said

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He had the famous call of the 1986 Red Sox-Mets World Series game in which Bill Buckner let a ground ball through his legs at first base

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Finally, he decided age had caught up with him. After 67 seasons, 2016 was his last. Before the final home stand, the team held a moving ceremony at Dodger Stadium