It was the best moment that had the biggest impact on my life. I looked to the right of me and Vin Scully was sitting next to me and he read the first verse. On August 28, 2016, I had the opportunity to have Mass with some of Dodgers players and Coaches before the game against the Cubs. | Icon Sportswire/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Karen Parkerįans hold up a sign in tribute to Vin Scully during a Major League Baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California September 25, 2016.

After a tiring day of house and yard cleaning, being outside on a warm evening listening to Vin announce the game and eating the home made vanilla ice cream is my very fond memory of the Dodgers. Each of us had a job: my sister and I sat on the freezer to keep it jumping around and my brothers took turns turning the crank. My father crushed blocks of ice inside burlap sacks to fill the wooden tub, and my mother prepared the cream and sugar. As the day progressed and we finished our chores, my father put KFI on the radio, which blared out of several speakers around the house and yard, and the hand crank ice cream freezer came out. Saturdays were dedicated to housework for my sister and me, and yard work from my two brothers. I grew up in Corona, California in the '50s and '60s, with 4 kids in the family. In an effort to celebrate his life and his contribution to our personal histories, we unearthed a few stories you had shared with us in preparation for our special, ' Dodger Stories: 6 Decades in L.A.' Here are few precious moments you shared with us. Augwas a dark day in Los Angeles history, when Vin Scully, a legend in the field and a fixture in many Angeleno lives, passed away.

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