Bill Text: CA ACR182 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Vin Scully Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - Died at Desk. [ACR182 Detail]
Download: California-2015-ACR182-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 182 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gomez
MAY 9, 2016
Relative to the Vin Scully Highway.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 182, as introduced, Gomez. Vin Scully Highway.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Route
110 in the County of Los Angeles as the Vin Scully Highway. The
measure would also request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering the cost, to erect those signs.
Fiscal committee: yes.
WHEREAS, Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully, born on November 29, 1927,
is an American sportscaster, best known as the play-by-play announcer
for the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League baseball team; and
WHEREAS, He has been with the team since its days in Brooklyn, New
York. His 66 seasons with the Dodgers, 1950 to present, are the
longest time any broadcaster has been with a single team in
professional sports history, and he is second by one year to only
Tommy Lasorda in terms of number of years with the Dodgers
organization in any capacity; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scully calls most Dodgers home games and select road
games. He is known for his dulcet voice, lyrically descriptive style,
and signature introduction to Dodgers games: "It's time for Dodgers
baseball! Hi everybody, and a very pleasant good (day/evening) to
you, wherever you may be;" and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scully's remarkable ability to create such vividly
accurate and colorful descriptions to the play of the game has become
legendary. Others have likened his broadcast skills as being able to
see it on the radio; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scully accompanied the Dodgers from Brooklyn to their
new location in Los Angeles beginning with the 1958 baseball season,
and quickly became popular in southern California. During the
Dodgers' first four seasons in Los Angeles, the fans had difficulty
following the action in the very large Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,
and it soon became common for them to bring transistor radios to the
games to hear Mr. Scully and partner Jerry Doggett describe the
action. This practice continued even after the team moved to the much
smaller Dodger Stadium for the 1962 baseball season. Radio and
television engineers often had difficulty compensating for the sound
of Mr. Scully's play-by-play reverberating through the stands at
Dodgers home games; and
WHEREAS, In 1964, the New York Yankees offered Mr. Scully the
opportunity to succeed Mel Allen as their lead play-by-play
announcer. Mr. Scully chose to remain with the Dodgers, and his
popularity in Los Angeles had become such that in 1976 Dodgers fans
voted him the "most memorable personality" in the history of the
franchise; and
WHEREAS, The Dodgers announced on August 28, 2015, that Mr. Scully
would be back for the 2016 baseball season, his 67th with the
Dodgers. At the press conference on August 29th, Scully said 2016
would probably be his final year; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scully has established a bond with his listeners that
is deep, with a strong sense of community, so that when he says on
air to his listeners that "We've been friends long enough ... " it is
truly an accurate and heartfelt statement; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scully is and will continue to be long known as being
legendary for his abilities to bring to Californians the history,
color, and passion for baseball and for his caring for others. It is
altogether fitting to officially name State Route 110 adjacent to
Dodger Stadium as the Vin Scully Highway; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That, in light of Vin Scully's remarkable and
unprecedented career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League
Baseball, and hundreds of thousands of fans of baseball, the
Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Route 110, located
between Interstate 5 and United States Highway 101 in the County of
Los Angeles as the Vin Scully Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
