Retired Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully won the 2016 Best Call TV/Radio Esurance MLB Award for Charlie Culberson’s walk-off home run on Sept. 25 against the Colorado Rockies that clinched the National League West. The play was the last Scully called at Dodger Stadium.
Calls for Tyler Naquin’s walk-off inside-the-park home run, Bartolo Colon’s first career home run, Max Scherzer’s 20-strikeout game, and Yangervis Solarte returning from the stands with a cheese-covered baseball were finalists for the Esurance Award.
The Dodgers entered the finale of a three-game series with an opportunity to win the NL West by defeating the Rockies, or by virtue of the San Francisco Giants losing to the San Diego Padres.