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Vin Scully: 2016 will be final season in booth for Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vin Scully said Saturday that 2016 will be his last season in the broadcast booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers, which would mark the end of his record 67-year tenure with the same franchise.

The Hall of Fame announcer turns 88 in November. The team revealed Friday night he would be back next year, but Scully took it a step further while speaking to the media a day later.

"I would say realistically — I don't want any headlines — but I would say next year would be the last one," he said, joking, "How much longer can you go fooling people?