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    Bill Plaschke: Vin Scully’s voice, a serenade of rebirth, will live on forever in Los Angeles

    LOS ANGELES — He was the soundtrack of a city, the muse of millions, the voice of home. Vin Scully is gone, but he will never be silenced. He will be forever heard on soft spring afternoons, a serenade of rebirth, a song of hope. “It’s tiiiime for Dodger baseball!” He will forever resonate on warm summer nights, the music of family, the lyrics of life. “Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Aug 03, 2022 5 minutes
    Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully and wife Sandi Scully hold hands on the field before a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2015.

    LOS ANGELES — He was the soundtrack of a city, the muse of millions, the voice of home.

    Vin Scully is gone, but he will never be silenced.

    He will be forever heard on soft spring afternoons, a serenade of rebirth, a song of hope.

    “It’s tiiiime for Dodger baseball!”

    He will forever resonate on warm summer nights, the music of family, the lyrics of life.

    “Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be ....”

    Scully died Tuesday at 94, but his poetic narration of Los Angeles’ most enduring sports franchise will ring in our hearts forever.

    Officially, for 67 years, he was the television and radio broadcaster for Dodgers baseball, including from the moment they arrived in town in 1958 until his retirement in 2016.

    Unofficially, he was a guy who sang show tunes on his drive

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