LOS ANGELES – What do you give as a retirement gift to a great storyteller?
Easy. A great story.
So the Dodgers on Sunday clinched the National League West title on their final swing, on a home run by a man who hadn’t homered in more than two years and never as a Dodger, on a day that ended with Vin Scully singing a love song to a stadium full of nothing but love.
“The whole thing brings a tear to your eye,” infielder Charlie Culberson said. “Are you kidding me? I’m still waiting to wake up from this.