Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw on Vin Scully's death: 'I’m thankful I got to know him as a man'

Los Angeles Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw talks to Fox News Digital about the Ping Pong 4 Purpose event and Vin Scully’s legacy.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw was among the players who were on the field while legendary broadcaster Vin Scully was up in the booth calling games.

Scully died at the age of 94 last week. He called Dodgers games when they first played in Brooklyn and followed the team to Los Angeles until he retired from broadcasting in 2016.

Kershaw, who was hosting the eighth annual Ping Pong for Purpose event in Los Angeles, talked to Fox News Digital about the lasting mark Scully left on him.

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Broadcaster Vin Scully poses for a photo prior a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

"Vin has a great legacy on everybody’s career, not just mine. When I’m old and retired and washed up and get to watch old videos, he’s gonna be on them talking about the game. I’m just so thankful that’s gonna be a part of it," Kershaw said. 

"I’m thankful I got to know him as a man. Such a great person, such a great legacy that he left and carried on with his family and everything he’s done and stood for. He’s been a lot of things to a lot of different people and I’m not different than that."

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Clayton Kershaw and Ellen Kershaw attend Clayton Kershaw's 8th Annual Ping Pong 4 Purpose at Dodger Stadium on August 08, 2022 in Los Angeles. (David Livingston/Getty Images)

Kershaw and his wife Ellen have been married since 2010. The two started the annual event in 2013 to help raise money and awareness for Kershaw’s