Monday, August 23, 2010

The best news didn't come from Arizona


Not a chance. There's no excuse for Colorado to lose two of three to one of the worst teams in baseball.
So we'll go a little farther west and gladly report that L.A. Dodgers announcer Vin Scully will be back for a 62nd season calling Dodgers' games next year.
Treat yourself to one of his games, either through a cable TV package or something on the internet. He works alone. He doesn't rely on shtick to get him through the games. Because he works alone, he visits with you as a listener. And, as many a columnist points out, he doesn't analyze every little nuance of the game. Because he's been around so long, he assumes the audience has a modicum of intelligence about the game.
The rest of the news from the Dodgers won't be as good. They are old. They will lose a lot of their players, and their owners are going through a very nasty, public divorce.
Yet through all that, there is one constant. Scully's voice.
That may be the best part of next season for the Dodgers.

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