Dodgers: Vin Scully getting World Series ring is the moment we’ve been waiting for

Legendary broadcaster and former voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers Vin Scully retired after the 2016 MLB season. Sixty-seven years in the booth. An absolute icon.

Unfortunately, the Dodgers couldn’t get the job done for one of the game’s greats. The last time Scully oversaw a championship was back in 1988.

After that? The Dodgers had made four trips to the NLCS since from 2008-2016, but couldn’t get to the Fall Classic (yeah, the ’90s and early ’00s were pretty dreadful).

The year after Scully called it quits, the Dodgers finally got over the hump. They made the World Series, but lost to the cheating Houston Astros. Then came 2018. Another loss on the biggest stage against the Boston Red Sox. Then in 2019 they fell to the eventual World Champion Washington Nationals in the NLDS.

For all of the bad 2020 brought the world, it ended with a Dodgers win, at the very least, and Scully can finally celebrate with some hardware of his own.

The 93-year-old is looking as good as ever.

Unfortunately, though Scully and the Dodgers got that elusive ring, it hasn’t exactly been as exciting as it should have been.

The franchise was deprived of a victory parade and the ring ceremony was in front of a limited crowd last week, all thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. On top of that, Scully lost his wife, Sandra, back in January after a battle with ALS. Scully also had to say goodbye to his friend and former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who passed away due to heart issues three days after Sandra.

But Sandra was among the chief reasons Scully left the broadcasting booth. He wanted to spend as much time as humanly possible with her before she passed. And he got that wish.

It’s been a difficult ride for just about everyone — some obviously worse than others — but for the Dodgers organization and its fans, seeing Scully be gifted with a ring after all he had been through with the franchise is the moment everyone had been waiting for. If not for the pandemic, he would’ve been at Dodger Stadium last week leading the celebratory ceremony.

For now, we’ll have to cherish these pictures and message courtesy of Scully. In due time, however? We’ll need Scully on the field, captivating us with his words and bringing us back in time with that one-of-a-kind voice.

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