Vin Scully's absence creates a void on a great day

By DYLAN HERNANDEZ – Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – When Vin Scully arrived from Brooklyn with the Dodgers for the 1958 season, he found Los Angeles to be lacking a core. "What was it that Gertrude Stein said about Oakland?

vin-scully-lifemag.jpg The Dodgers put out the word that 84-year-old broadcaster has a cold and isn't at this afternoon's first home game of the season. He has missed only one other home opener in his 63 seasons, in 1977

Vin Scully missed his first home opener in 35 years because of what the Dodgers said was a bad cold. Clayton Kershaw had been fighting stomach flu for the better part of a week. Kershaw was in the sold-out house Tuesday. Scully stayed home to nurse his

By DYLAN HERNANDEZ – Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – When Vin Scully arrived from Brooklyn with the Dodgers for the 1958 season, he found Los Angeles to be lacking a core. "What was it that Gertrude Stein said about Oakland?

Vin Scully The voice of the Dodgers said Los Angeles had something in common with Oakland when he arrived in 1958. "What was it that Gertrude Stein said about Oakland? She said, 'There is no there there,' " Scully told the Los Angeles Times.