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LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers wrapped 67 years of Vin Scullys career into an hourlong on-field ceremony Friday night, and nobody seemed to mind one bit that first pitch was pushed back some 37 minutes.Scully, the legendary broadcaster who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, will retire following next Sundays game at San Francisco. At 88, he has just six games remaining behind the microphone, counting Friday nights 5-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies.Going back to his first Dodgers broadcast in 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, Scully has called thousands of Dodgers games and also branched out into network golf and as an NFL announcer for a time. Among his most famous calls, he was on hand for three perfect games, including one by the Yankees Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series.Scully was there for L.A. Dodgers World Series championship seasons in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981 and 1988. He called Hank Aarons record-breaking 715th home run with the Atlanta Braves and Bill Buckners error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.The first 50,000 fans in attendance Friday received a typed letter signed by Scully containing recollections from his career.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. I have been privileged to share in your passion and love for this great game.During the ceremony, the results of a fan poll revealed Scullys top call to be Kirk Gibsons dramatic home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series against the Athletics. Gibson was on the video board reciting lines from Scullys call and told the story of how he was inspired to come to the plate in that game despite two leg injuries because Scully had said on the broadcast that Gibson wouldnt play.On-field speakers Friday included Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, current staff ace Clayton Kershaw, Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime Jarrin and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. But it was actor Kevin Costner who brought down the house with a dramatic speech set to music.We will miss you, my friend, Costner said. We will miss you on our radio, in our cars and in our backyards. You have been a gift to Los Angeles and to baseball itself. How lucky we were that day in Brooklyn when the microphone was passed into your hands. You were the chosen one.Costner has been a part of three iconic baseball movies, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and For Love of the Game, a film that included Scully as a broadcaster who calls a perfect game thrown by Costners character, Billy Chapel.Despite taking the microphone in front of nearly 50,000 in attendance, Scully did as he always does, by seeming to talk to each person individually. But not before starting his speech with one of his more famous lines.Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to all of you, he said as the crowd roared upon hearing his familiar sign-on to games.Scully thanked the players, he thanked the media, he thanked those who work in the commissioners office, but most of all he thanked the fans.When I was 8 years old, I fell in love with the roar of a football crowd coming out of a speaker on an old four-legged radio, Scully said. When you roar, when you cheer, when you are thrilled, for a brief moment, I am 8 years old again.So now what for Scully? He was quick with a response.You know, if youre 65 and you retire, you might have 20 years of life left or more, and you better have some plans, Scully said. When youre 89 [he turns it in November], and they ask you what your plans are -- Im going to try to live.A quick wit was always a part of Scullys arsenal, as was his incomparable and informative storytelling. As for the immediate future, he joked, Now I am looking for a much smaller house, and a much larger medicine cabinet.But his time at the microphone did not end until he delivered another of his signature lines.Its time for Dodger baseball, he said in the deliberate cadence that has helped make Scully the most beloved broadcaster of all time. Kyle Lauletta Hoodie .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. 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Hinch praised Gomezs attitude despite the persistent struggles, but he was batting .210 with 100 strikeouts in 295 at-bats and a woeful .594 on-base-plus-slugging percentage. His contract was expiring at the end of the year.I just think he put a lot of pressure on himself to be perfect, and the harder he tried, sometimes the more difficult it became, Hinch said. It wasnt a lack of effort. It wasnt a lack of preparation. It wasnt a lack of anything other than production on the field.Gomez and starting pitcher Mike Fiers arrived from Milwaukee the day before the non-waiver trade deadline last year for four prospects, none of whom have reached the major leagues with the Brewers yet. But Gomez, who was making $9 million this season, will go down as one of the franchises biggest busts.Sometimes it just doesnt work. I know he carried the burden of being the big acquisition in July. He often spoke of feeling responsible and trying to play better for the team, knowing that he was a big addition last July during the playoff race, Hinch said. We can poke holes at guys, especially on their way out the door, but Ill choose to remember the more positive impact -- the home run in New York in the playoffs, the continual ennergy behind the scenes, the selflessness in talking to some of the young players.ddddddddddddThe Astros were a surprise AL wild-card team last year and after beating the Yankees fell to the World Series champion Kansas City Royals in five games in the next round. Gomez hit .242 with 13 extra-base hits and 10 stolen bases in 41 games for the Astros after the trade.This season, hes been badly off track. He even made two glaring gaffes in the field Monday, his last game for Houston, by letting a single skip by him for a two-base error that allowed one run to score and losing a routine fly ball that became an RBI triple during a three-run fifth inning for the victorious Twins.He wasnt having a good year, obviously, but at least he tried hard, second baseman Jose Altuve said.Trying too hard has long been one of Gomezs troubles, a multi-talented athlete who has inconsistently harnessed his exuberance.We really wanted to start to play the guys who we felt were going to help us on a nightly basis more than the others, and thats not knocking Carlos Gomez at all, Hinch said. I think he brought his best every single day to try to help us win.The Astros recalled right-handed reliever Jandel Gustave from Triple-A Fresno to fill Gomezs roster spot. Jake Marisnick will take over in center field, and Tony Kemp will get plenty of time in left field. 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