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Vin Scully Turns Down Offer to Call All-Star Game

Hall of Fame broadcaster, Vin Scully, has reportedly turned down an offer from Fox Sports to call the 2016 All-Star Game in San Diego. Find out why.

LOS ANGELES – The voice of the Dodgers will not be the voice of the All-Stars. 

Hall-of-Fame broadcaster, Vin Scully, reportedly declined Fox Sports' offer to call the 2016 MLB All-Star Game on July 12 in San Diego, CA.

Scully announced before the season that his 67th season calling the play-by-play for the Dodgers would be his last, and even though he's adamant he does not want a farewell tour, for all intents and purposes that's what he's getting.

"I'm not Kobe Bryant," Scully told Fox Sports' Brad Zager. "I'm just out there calling games."

Ironically, the last time Scully called the All-Star Game was in 1989, the season after his beloved Dodgers won the World Series.

Fans across all baseball love and respect Scully and would certainly want his familiar voice echoing into their ears as they watch the 2016 edition of the Fall Classic, but for Scully, he simply doesn't want to take any attention away from the players.

Scully rarely travels for road games with the Dodgers anymore, and with the All-Star Game just a couple hours south of Los Angeles this year, there was optimism that Scully would consider calling the game. According to Richard Deitsch of SI.com, the network was willing to accommodate him and anything he needed to get him in the broadcast booth.

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It's unfortunate for fans that Scully will not make the All-Star Game a stop on his farewell tour especially because we doubt he would take away from the players and the game itself, if anything, he would enhance it.

Here's hoping that Scully changes his mind before teams break in mid-July, but as of now it appears that if baseball fans across the country want to hear the most beloved broadcaster of our generation, they'll have to tune in to the local broadcasts (if they even can) of the Dodgers this summer.

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