McCourt calls an audible...

Los Angeles, CA

With the Winter Meetings looming just around the corner in a cold Indianapolis, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt called an early audible. While many of the Dodgers faithful fans are hoping to land a veteran ace like Toronto's Roy Halladay, or even a sexy-pick second baseman like Florida's Dan Uggla, McCourt had some fishing of his own to do. The whopper that he landed was Dodgers current Hall-of-Fame Broadcaster, Vin Scully. More reliable than Yellowstone's Old faithful Geyser, the former raven haired broadcaster has been the voice of the Dodgers since 1950.

In his 61 years at the helm of the Dodgers radio broadcast, Scully has etched himself a place in history, as well as the hearts of millions of baseball fans. The legend, who turned 82 years young on Sunday has garnered numerous awards over his illustrious career, spanning more than six decades behind the mic. He was inducted into the broadcaster's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. A record 29 times, he has been named the California Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. In the year 2000, more than 500 members of the American Sportscasters Association named him the "Sportscaster of the 20th Century". Earlier this year, the same group called him the best to ever sit behind a microphone.

Scully had reportedly already decided before that he wanted to return. The press conference Tuesday afternoon confirmed these reports.

"We have had two exciting seasons consecutively--getting into the second round of the playoffs--and when you get that close, you look to the next year as perhaps the one that you go all the way, said Scully in the press release. "I'm very excited and optimistic about 2010 and the direction we're heading and we'll take it year-to-year after that."

He will call all of the Dodgers games in 2010 West of the Rockies. Scully will continue to call all 9 innings of the Los Angeles TV broadcast with the first three innings being simulcast on radio.

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