Vin Scully to Miss Home Opener (50th anniversary of Dodger Stadium)

espn ^ | 4-10-12

[doug from upland]

LOS ANGELES -- Vin Scully, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Hall of Fame broadcaster, will miss calling the team's home opener on Tuesday for just the second time in his 63 years at the microphone.

Scully, who the team said was suffering from a severe cold, skipped the game on orders from his doctor, a source said.

The illness isn't thought to be serious.

Dodgers star Matt Kemp sent best wishes to Scully on Twitter. "Get well soon Mr. Vin Scully!!" he wrote on the social media site.

Scully began experiencing cold symptoms last weekend while the team was in San Diego, and he made the decision on Sunday, because of those symptoms, to do the television broadcast only.

Scully normally does a three-inning simulcast on both television and radio before Rick Monday and Charley Steiner take over the radio broadcast and Scully completes the game on TV.

Scully, 84, was inducted into the broadcasting wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. He announced during spring training that he will further trim his travel schedule, visiting only cities within California and Phoenix.

[eddie willers]

I’ve always like Scully. One of the best.

I’m also happy the Braves took two out of three with 9th inning rallies. :o)

[Kickass Conservative]

When you went to a Dodger game, you took a Transistor Radio so you could listen to Vin Scully call it.

It didn't matter that you were in the Stands, his voice always made the experience that much better.