Dodgers: Vin Scully’s list of Hank Aaron facts proves Braves had guardian angel

Leave it to Vin Scully to get all Los Angeles Dodgers fans teary-eyed and appreciating history in the wake of losing a devastating NLCS to the Atlanta Braves.

Clearly, a repeat wasn’t meant to be. As Scully made clear this week, Atlanta had someone looking out for them, even as Dodgers fans hoped against hope that Tommy Lasorda’s legacy (as well as the power of his widow Jo and Vin’s wife Sandi) might be enough to carry them through.

Alas, it was Atlanta’s sports drought that was broken in grand fashion, as the stars aligned to carry the Braves past LA and through the finish line with aplomb.

And yes, maybe Henry Aaron, No. 44, the greatest slugger this game has ever known, was pulling the strings just a little bit.

After all, as Scully so helpfully pointed out, you’ve never seen this many 44s associated with a single team’s season in your life. Truly, this goes beyond coincidental.

Hank Aaron might’ve helped the Braves defeat the Dodgers.

Yes, the “44” in center field all season long as Truist Park was hardly the only reminder of Aaron’s legacy. We thought about him every time Freddie Freeman, someone who should be a Forever Brave, smacked a home run deep into the night and humbly rounded the bases. We thought about him whenever Dansby Swanson, a Georgia native, touched the ball at short and tossed it truly to first base.

And, of course, we thought of Aaron whenever we saw Brian Snitker, who hat-tipped to Bobby Cox, who harkened back to the beginning of the team’s time in Atlanta. The connections were always evident.

Leave it to Scully to get us sappy about No. 44 all over again. Who else could’ve done it as eloquently as he could, though? After all, it was Scully on the call for Aaron’s record-breaker back in 1974.

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We didn’t want to lose to Atlanta. We wanted to prove that the 106-win Dodgers really could be so dominant that they could secure a repeat for the first time in MLB since 2000.

Unfortunately, though, we must admit the Braves had something pretty special going on this year. It just took a heads up from Scully for us to really appreciate it.

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