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Los Angeles Dodgers win Vin Scully's last home game; clinch division title

ByABC7.com staff KABC logo
Monday, September 26, 2016
Vin Scully waves to the fans at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. The game would be his final home game in Los Angeles before his retirement.
Los Angeles Dodgers statistician Allan Roth, left, and Vin Scully, right, in Los Angeles, Aug. 5, 1963.
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Mrs. Nancy Reagan surrounded by Hollywood friends on Dec. 1, 1985 in Burbank, Calif., including Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.
Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Orel Hershiser, left, talks to Dodgers' announcer Vin Scully as Dodgers' Kirk Gibson listens, Nov. 30, 1989.
Announcer Vin Scully, left, joins former President Ronald Reagan in the announcers booth at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, Calif., during the 60th MLB All-Star Game, July 11, 1989.
Vin Scully is shown in the pressbox of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles before the start of a baseball game on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007.
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, left, wife Jamie, and Vin Scully, second from left, with wife Sandra, pose next to a plaque honoring Scully on Saturday, March 29, 2008.
Vin Scully talks to a well-wisher in his booth at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010.
Vin Scully works in his booth at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010.
Vin Scully greets other recipients aboard the float moving along Orange Grove Boulevard during the 125th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014.
Vin Scully acknowledges fans during Vin Scully bobble head night during a baseball game, Thursday, July 25, 2013, in Los Angeles.
Vin Scully gestures in his booth during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Los Angeles.
Vin Scully makes an announcement to the crowd during opening day ceremonies prior a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Monday, April 13, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Dodger legend Vin Scully speaks at a dedication ceremony unveiling a street sign of his namesake at the entrance to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday, April 11, 2016.
Vin Scully, second from right, is honored, with his wife Sandi Scully, and sons Kevin and Todd Scully, far left, before a baseball game in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015.
Vin Scully acknowledges the fans as he arrives to throw the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game on Friday, April 4, 2014, in Los Angeles.
Vin Scully is honored before a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015.
Vin Scully hugs his wife, Sandi, at Dodger Stadium during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Los Angeles.
Vin Scully and wife, Sandi, acknowledge the fans during Vin Scully Appreciation Day on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Dodgers win Vin Scully's last home game; clinch division titleVin Scully waves to the fans at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. The game would be his final home game in Los Angeles before his retirement.
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ELYSIAN PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- "Hi everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you."

For the last time, fans heard legendary broadcaster Vin Scully's signature welcome at Dodger Stadium as he called his last home game on Sunday.

In dramatic fashion, with the Dodgers down to their last out and trailing 3-2, rookie shortstop Corey Seager blasted a home run to send the game into extra innings.

The Dodgers won the game with a Charlie Culberson walkoff home run in the bottom of the 10th inning and clinched the 2016 National League West Division title. It's the Dodgers fourth straight division title.

All the Dodgers players came to the middle of the field and tipped their caps to Scully who stood and waved from the broadcast booth.

At the conclusion of the game, Scully showed his appreciation to the fans by singing "Wind Beneath My Wings."

While the action on the field was exhilarating, fans were tuned in to hear the 88-year-old who has been the voice of the Dodgers since he called his first game with the team in 1950, back when the team still played in Brooklyn.

His 67 seasons is the longest-tenured broadcaster with a single team in sports history, according to the Guinness World Records.

The Bronx native, who was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1982, received a three-minute standing ovation on Friday during Vin Scully Appreciation Day.

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In a letter penned to fans Friday evening, Scully recalled first falling in love with baseball as a boy passing a window in New York to watch the World Series between the Yankees and the then-New York Giants on Oct. 2, 1936.

He would go on to be the youngest broadcaster to ever call a World Series game in 1953 when he was 25 years old, and 80 years to the day he passed that window, he'll retire with a broadcast of the Dodgers season-ending matchup against the Giants in San Francisco on Oct. 2.

"You were simply always there for me," Scully wrote. "I have always felt that I needed you more than you needed me and that holds true to this very day."

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In April, the street in front of Dodger Stadium was officially renamed Vin Scully Avenue.

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Scully's many honors include the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball" and being named the greatest sportscaster by the American Sportscasters Association.

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