To nobody's surprise, Vin Scully topped a recent Fangraphs poll that asked readers to rate each club's TV broadcast crew. As Fangraphs' Carson Cistulli put it, "Vin Scully has been an excellent broadcaster since that time in our nation’s history when men wore fedoras unironically." 2012 will mark Scully's 63rd season calling Dodgers baseball.
Some more news about L.A.'s blue team…
- Jared Kushner has dropped his bid to buy the Dodgers, reports Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. Kushner, the owner and publisher of the New York Observer, withdrew despite an invitation to either restructure his bid or to join another of the seven remaining groups vying to buy the club from Frank McCourt.
- Matt Kemp had no problems looking past the Dodgers' ownership issues to sign his long-term extension with the team, reports MLB.com's Ken Gurnick. "This is where I wanted to be," Kemp said. "It happened kind of fast. They started talking about the numbers, and, 'Oh my God, for real?' It was kind of cool. It was a fun process, but I also had to ask myself, 'Am I really in this position right now?' All I could think about was being a sixth-round pick, not sure if I even wanted to play baseball, and now I was getting a long-term deal. For me it was a dream."
- Also from Gurnick's piece, Clayton Kershaw said his recent two-year extension "was just the terms and the years," and had nothing to do with any concerns about the ownership sale. "As far as I'm concerned, I can play baseball for two years, and I'm good with that," Kershaw said. "You've just got to perform no matter what the contract is." Kershaw's two-year contract means he will still be eliglble for arbitration following the 2013 season and free agency after 2014.
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