Baseball-Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully dies at 94

LOS ANGELES : Vin Scully, one of baseball's most revered broadcasters who called Dodgers' games for a record-breaking 67 years and narrated some of the sport's greatest moments, died on Tuesday at the age of 94, the team announced.

"We have lost an icon," Dodgers President & CEO Stan Kasten said. 

Scully joined the Dodgers' broadcast crew in 1950 when the club still played in Brooklyn. He followed the team to Los Angeles in 1958, where for generations of Southern California fans he was "the soundtrack to summer," personifying "Dodger baseball" more than any player.

He also attracted a national following as the voice of NBC's baseball "Game of the Week" and broadcast numerous World Series.

In October 2016, when at age 88 he left the Dodgers booth, long since named in his honor, he completed the longest tenure with one team of any professional sports broadcaster.

In his final games, he was celebrated by the Dodgers at an emotional farewell ceremony, hailed as a "national treasure" by the U.S. Congress and the national media, and saluted by fans and players alike with standing ovations.

Shortly after his retirement, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, at a White House ceremony.

When told of the honor, said President Barack Obama: "Vin asked with characteristic humility, ‘Are you sure? I’m just an old baseball announcer.’ And we had to inform him that, to Americans of all ages, you are an old friend.”

Known for his "golden voice," articulate phrasing and rich knowledge of the game, Scully announced some of the most historic games in baseball in language almost as memorable as the events he was describing.

"In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened," Scully