Baseball announcers have some of the longest careers of any profession, mostly because nobody ever wants to see them leave.
Perhaps the day that Dodgers fans are dreading the most is the day that Vin Scully won't be calling the action. They got a reprieve last summer when Scully, 84, said he'd back back for an incredible 63rd season broadcasting the team.
Houston Astros fans have a similar relationship with Milo Hamilton as their announcer for the last 27 years. He said Wednesday that this will be his last year, which is fitting in a way as the Astros will be turning the page, leaving the National League for the American League in 2013.
Hamilton, also 84, won the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford Frick Award back in 1992. He called major league games for more than 50 years and has worked in radio for 67. He's worked for so long, he re-created games for broadcast with his own sound effects in the 1950s when he was broadcasting in the minors.
"It's been a great game for me," Hamilton said to MLB.com. "I did football for 25 years and basketball for over 40 years, but baseball was the greatest game in the world when I started, and it still is today. When the end of the season comes and I do that last game as the voice of the club -- if you want to put it that way -- I'll still be around doing a lot of things."
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