For a franchise that has been so successful in Los Angeles, the Dodgers’ 10 retired numbers speak largely to a Brooklyn heritage. On the day the Dodgers were set to retire his microphone alongside those numbers — and perhaps for the last time at Dodger Stadium — Vin Scully told stories of the Boys of Summer.
“Those numbers are not numbers at all,” Scully said Wednesday. “I can hear them. I really can.”
Scully talked about sitting outside a spring-training kitchen watching Roy Campanella, about Jackie Robinson challenging him to an ice skating race even though Robinson never skated, about Tommy Lasorda hoping to make an extra $50 by throwing batting practice to 700 players in one day.