Bill Plaschke: Dodgers honor Vin Scully with a perfect and powerful Blue Heaven homage
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Aug 06, 2022
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — It was deafening. It was discordant. It was perfect.
With Vin Scully’s trademark greeting, Los Angeles said farewell.
With the five words that formed Vin Scully’s signature, Los Angeles etched his memory into the Dodger Stadium skies.
“So now, 50,000 Dodgers fans, get on your feet,” exhorted Dodgers manager Dave Roberts from the middle of the infield early Friday evening. “On the count of three, yell as loud as you can so Mr. Vin can hear us from Blue Heaven!”
One… two… three.
And then it erupted, from
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