Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully's career will come to a close this weekend when Los Angeles wraps up its regular season at San Francisco. But among the many bits of trivia surrounding the 67-year Dodgers play-by-play man is that his career actually got started calling a college football game.
According to the Los Angeles Times, announcer Red Barber was in need of a late fill-in and tapped the then-21-year-old Scully to call a Maryland game against Boston University on Nov. 12, 1949 at Fenway Park. Scully arrived to Fenway only to learn that he’d be calling the game from the roof on a chilly day.