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Newport Beach declares Vin Scully Day in honor of Dodgers broadcaster

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Vin Scully, the longtime Los Angeles Dodgers baseball announcer, now has his own day in Newport Beach.

The City Council voted 6-0 on Tuesday to designate Oct. 11 each year as Vin Scully Day in honor of Vincent Edward “Vin” Scully, who this month completed his 67th and final season as the voice of the Dodgers.

Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Muldoon was absent from the council meeting.

Though Scully does not have any known direct connection to Newport Beach, Councilman Keith Curry suggested the city designate a day in honor of the broadcaster, given his widespread acclaim throughout Southern California. The 88-year-old’s tenure with the Dodgers is the longest of any sports broadcaster with one team.

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Generations of baseball fans, including Curry, grew up glued to the radio listening to Scully call Dodgers games.

“He is so much a part of the fabric of Southern California that I thought it was appropriate for Newport Beach to join the rest of Southern California to honor his contributions to our community, to sports and for being so much a part of the fabric of all our lives,” Curry said last week.

Scully began his broadcasting career with the Dodgers in 1950 when the team was based in Brooklyn, N.Y. He transitioned with the team when it moved to Los Angeles in 1958 and continued his tenure over the following six decades.

He was named National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Assn. in 1965, 1978 and 1982. He also has been inducted into the National Sports Media Assn. Hall of Fame, the American Sportscasters Assn. Hall of Fame, the National Radio Hall of Fame and the National Assn. of Broadcasters’ Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Newport Beach isn’t the first city to honor the broadcasting legend. The Los Angeles City Council voted this year to change the name of the street leading to Dodger Stadium’s main entrance from Elysian Park Avenue to Vin Scully Avenue.

hannah.fry@latimes.com

Twitter: @HannahFryTCN

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