Sad Stuff: Vin Scully To Officially Drop The Mic After This Baseball Season

AA – Vin Scully turned 88 years old on Sunday, which is notable in its own right, but even more notable that the legendary announcer has decided to officially hang up his microphone after next season with the Dodgers. Scully has always left the door open after each passing season, limiting his role as the years went on but still continuing to call games at an unrelenting and unparalleled clip as he rounded third toward the end of his amazing broadcasting career. Officially, Scully is making his way home. From Steve Dilbeck of the LA Times: “I really can’t see that I would come back,” Scully said. “Sooner or later, you have to be realistic. I’ve done it for a long, long time. I’ve done reasonably well at it. But I don’t want to stay on any longer than I feel I should. “Which makes it a very tough decision, but I really do feel it would be time for me to walk away rather than have somebody say, ‘Gee, you know, you’re not the same.” Scully’s admission was a bit ominous as well, stating, “I think if I can get through next year doing reasonably well, it would be time then to walk away.”

Damn you, Father Time.