Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully is recovering after falling in his home. SMXRF/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images

Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully hospitalized after fall

By Blake Harper | Last updated 4/23/20

Beloved and iconic Dodgers announcer Vin Scully is in the hospital after falling in his house earlier this week. Fortunately, the 92-year-old legend didn't suffer any major injuries and is expected to return home soon.

According to TMZ, the fall happened on Tuesday at Scully's home in California. A Dodgers spokesperson said he is in good spirits and resting comfortably. The team spokesperson also confirmed that it's expected Scully will be released soon. Forever the consummate showman, Scully released his own statement, poking fun at himself while assuring fans he was doing fine.

Vin Scully took a fall in his home on Tuesday afternoon. He is hospitalized and is resting comfortably.

Vin says, “I won’t be doing anymore headfirst sliding, I never liked it.”
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 23, 2020

There are few names in broadcasting that elicit as much respect and admiration as Scully. He started announcing for the Dodgers back in 1950 when they were still in Brooklyn. He stayed with the team when it made the move to Los Angeles in 1957 and spent the next 60 years calling games for the Dodgers.

Scully was the voice for many of the team's defining moments, most notably calling Kirk Gibson's walk-off home run in the 1988 World Series. He even provided some legendary calls for teams playing the Dodgers, including Hank Aaron's record-breaking 715th home run in 1974.

After more than six decades in broadcasting, Scully decided to retire after the 2016 season. Even with his days of calling baseball game behind him, he has never strayed too far from the spotlight. Last month, Scully even released a video offering fans a message of hope in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

“These are tough times, certainly I don’t have to tell you that,” Scully said in the video. “But having lived as long as I have lived, I’ve seen this country — the greatest country on Earth — get off its knees, literally and figuratively. When they were down and out during the Depression, and when they were on their knees after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. And what happened then? They unleashed a tiger. The tiger was the whole country pulling together, and getting not only back on its feet, but saving the whole world."