Dodgers broadcaster Joe Davis was in the unenviable task Tuesday night of announcing the death of the venerable Vin Scully, and he later detailed his thoughts from the moment to the Los Angeles Times.
“We had known for a little while that he was not doing great,” Davis said after the game. “You can kind of prepare mentally for it, I guess. But I think with anything like this — until it actually happens — you don’t really know what you’re going to say or how you’re going to say it. I just tried to do my best to pay tribute to the guy I consider the greatest ever to do it. I said on the air tonight and will say forever that there will never be another one like him. The greatest there ever has been and the greatest there ever will be.”
Davis took over for Scully after the 2016 season, and later in the game reminisced about hearing from Scully for the first. Davis had ignored two of Scully’s phone calls, before the longtime broadcaster left him a voicemail joking they’d started their relationship 0-2.
“Greatest to ever do it,” Davis said during Tuesday’s telecast on Sportsnet LA after announcing the news. “67 years as the voice of the Dodgers. As the voice of baseball. And really, will be both those things forever.”
