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Vin Scully to narrate Dodgers World Series video in best news of 2020

Adam Weinrib
Adam Weinrib

Dodgers Way

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully waves to the crowd alongside his wife Sandra Hunt before the Dodgers take on the Chicago Cubs in game five of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium on October 20, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Ready for some good news? Dodgers icon Vin Scully will be the voice of the 2020 World Series DVD.

As if Dodgers fans needed another reason to buy the 2020 World Series documentary, right?

For the past few weeks, Los Angeles has been caught in a nonstop celebration frenzy, with the Lakers’ 17th championship preceding the Dodgers’ 32-year-skid-breaking ring earned in the Texas desert in a Game 6 victory.

The only thing missing from the run? A sense of home. Though fans were in attendance in Arlington, no games were played at Dodger Stadium, the house wasn’t packed, and Vin Scully, the narrator of so much Dodger glory, was nowhere to be found, resting at home all summer long.

Until now! MLB announced the exact correct call on Wednesday, stating that Scully will be the voice you hear amid the highlights in the official 2020 World Series video.

Can we have it now? How about now?

Scully retired from the day-to-day rigors of the job at the ripe old age of 89 back in 2016, a fact that gets more amazing every time you hear it. Luckily, that means he wasn’t forced to reckon with the Astros’ cheating-fueled 2017 World Series win at the mic, nor did he have to grit his teeth through the similar Red Sox triumph the following year.

Now, the legendary broadcaster gets to fully exhale with the rest of us, though, and we’ll be able to hear his mellifluous descriptions of Cody Bellinger’s NLCS-winning dinger, Julio Urias’ spotless relief, and Will Smith topping Will Smith on Dec. 8.

Well ahead of the Christmas rush!

Let’s face facts: If MLB had made any call other than Scully here, we would’ve been secretly a little sad. Would it have ruined the production? Nah. Anything that ends with the Dodgers dogpiling is worth watching.

But this’ll be extra sentimental, and we’re going to need the tissues when the final out is recorded. What a curtain call for a man who bleeds Dodger Blue.

Can we get Tommy Lasorda on the color commentary, too?

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib is a Content Director on the FanSided network, and has been the co-editor at Yanks Go Yard and Dodgers Way for 4 years. He also co-hosts The Baseball Insiders Podcast twice weekly, alongside FanSided MLB insider Robert Murray, as well as the Yanks Go Yard Podcast. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at 12up.com, and has been covering MLB and NFL for eight years. Previously, he was a headline and features contributor at ClickHole and Onion Sports, as well as the Associate Producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 film "Believeland". An avowed fan of the New York sports teams -- specifically the Yankees -- as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels, you can find Adam complaining mid-game on Twitter, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn if the game goes really poorly.