A baseball life: Scully auctions items from 67-year career

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vin Scully sat outside watching two sets of his golf clubs being loaded into a truck. He thought of afternoons teeing off at Bel-Air Country Club or with President George H.W. Bush.

Those left-handed clubs had produced a lot of shots over many rounds, some good, some bad. Traipsing the fairways was a way to relax and swap stories away from the ballpark through the years. Seeing them go stirred emotion that surprised the 92-year-old Hall of Fame announcer.

“Wow, there is a chapter of my life that really hurts,” Scully told The Associated Press, “but at my age and after some physical problems, I knew I’d never be able to hold them again. I heard a door close in my life.”

Scully took a bad fall in April at the end of his driveway while retrieving the mail, breaking his nose and ribs and suffering a concession.

“It was a learning experience,” he said. “I hold on to my walker.”

He’s decided to let go in another way, though. The retired Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster has culled items from his personal collection of memorabilia for auction on Sept. 23. Internet bidding begins Friday at huntauctions.com.

The auction was originally scheduled for All-Star weekend in Los Angeles in July but was moved online when the game was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“He has such a special meaning to so many people,” said David Hunt, owner of Hunt Auctions in Exton, Pennsylvania.

Bats, balls, baseball cards, award plaques and trophies. World Series rings. The spiral-bound scorebook from his final season in 2016. They represent the physical remnants of his 67 years with the Dodgers, from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

“I would much rather treasure the memories,” said Scully, the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro...

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