the american league leaders kept a tight grip on their world series crown by subduing the brooklyn dodgers four games to three." in the '50s, the yankees and dodgers met each other in the world series dodgers met each other in the world series four times in five years - 1952, '53, '55, "the dodgers win it two to nothing and win their first world series." and 1956. it would be the '56 series that would grab the most attention all thanks to a 27 year old pitcher. before game five of the 1956 world series, don larsen was just another his legendary teammates like mickey mantel, yogi berra and whitey ford. larsen was unsensational but all of that changed on october 8. with the series tied at two games a piece, larsen took the mound at yankee stadium. he'd hurl 97-pitches against the brooklyn dodgers that day and it would be 27-up - 27-down. a perfect game. the first and only in a world series. "and don larsen is baseball's man of the hour!" suddenly, everyone knew the name don larsen. "don larsen, we'd like to ask you the traditional question first when did you realize that you had a no-hitter

last regular season game for the l-a dodgers scully started his career calling in 1951 for the brooklyn dodgers before the team moved to l-a. he was the american sportscaster association broadcaster of the century and once called 23 innings in two different cities in one day./// ((michelle mortensen)) >>> seems like everyone has presidential candidates... including the younger generation. some little ones sounded off ... offering their advice to the candidates. take a listen to what they had to say. ((what advice would you give donald trump and hillary clinton if they were sitting here? (charlie murphy, third-grader, woodward academy ) "i would say stop interrupting people." (maya storey, third-grader, woodward academy ) "follow the golden rule. if you interrupt, you will probably get interrupted when you're trying to say something." (river carr, third-grader, woodward academy ) "it's just, they should just calm down; take a time out. >> all of those kids are in the third grade.// >>> we'll be right back./// jacky rosen: i'm jacky rosen, and as a computer programmer, i created apps... before th

he began with the brooklyn dodgers in 1950. he has always invited fans or has he prefer to call them to, quote, pull up a chair. >> he's able to tell you a story that you night mott know. >> in 1951, most baseball fans know, the famous -- >> scully grew up rooting for the new york giants. he lived near the teams home. the giants installed a plaque in the broadcast center in honor of scully. his career touched a lot of people, director ron howard thanked scully for his years of remarkable play-by-play and story are telling, larry king said there will never by another vin scully. the giants tweeted a picture of the plaque, saying forever in the visiting tv broadcast booth. scully tweeted this usual brand of wisdom. he said don't be sad it's over, smile because it happened. >>> demonstrators stood in solidarity with colin kaepernick as he continues head protest of social i joint temperature the national anthem. we're live at levi's stadium where the protest moves outside the arena. >> reporter: even though the 49ers disnod witness

so the indians took on the brooklyn dodgers, which some unbelievable history. they won in seven games, by the way. i should tell you that. they were playing seven of nine back then that they were supposed to play. we were 1-7. >> reporter: okay. >> reporter: some unbelievable baseball history came out of cleveland that year. take a look. ? music ? . >> reporter: league park was buzzing for the 1920 world series against the brooklyn dodgers. the indians featured three hall of famers which included speaker. infielder and rookie joe seawell and game seven for the championship. so the name that's si ynonymous with the 1920 series was bill womangast. why? because he caught a live drive, number one. he stepped on second, out number two. and then he turned and he tagged the runner coming from first. out number three. the only in world series history. ? music ? . >> reporter: mary bennett is the granddaughter of the man his teammates called wombee. she has seen the triple play pictures so many times she felt he was there. >> the guy was there and he was running and he

he began with the brooklyn dodgers in 1950. he has always invited fans or has he prefer to call them to, quote, pull up a chair. >> he's able to tell you a story that you night mott know. >> in 1951, most baseball fans know, the famous -- >> scully grew up rooting for the new york giants. he lived near the teams home. the giants installed a plaque in the broadcast center in honor of scully. his career touched a lot of people, director ron howard thanked scully for his years of remarkable play-by-play and story are telling, larry king said there will never by another vin scully. the giants tweeted a picture of the plaque, saying forever in the visiting tv broadcast booth. scully tweeted this usual brand of wisdom. he said don't be sad it's over, smile because it happened. >>> demonstrators stood in solidarity with colin kaepernick as he continues head protest of social i joint temperature the national anthem. we're live at levi's stadium where the protest moves outside the arena. >> reporter: even though the 49ers disnod witness

he began he began calling games for the brooklyn dodgers in 1950. >> he >> he said it would be like saying good-bye in the grand does the game all by himself. you usually have the play by play guy and the athlete next to him. he did it great. every time out. >>> crowds went wild in minnesota as america regained the ryder cup trove fri from europe. you were so excited. >> i was. someone else was, too. a high-profile golf fan was in the crowd. he couldn't resist leading a patriotic see the red, white, and blue camo hat? that's bill murray. he gets louder and louder and louder with the chant. >> look how fired up that guy is because of it. many in golf -- many of the golf fans visiting from overseas were not impressed. i get that, of course. this year's ryder cup is being described as the most hostile in the competition's 89-year history. >> trash talk started in looking to help around the house. it may remind you of a galaxy far, far away. >> this family robot can turn on your tv, switch off the lights, and even wake up the kids. big guy will urge you the wear a jacket if it's cold outside.

he began with the brooklyn dodgers back in 1950. scully has always invited fans, or as he prefers to call them, friends to, quote, pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable. >> he is able to tell you a story throughout the game that you might not know. >> in 1951, i think most baseball fans know the famous home run by -- >> scully grew up rooting for the new york giants. he lived near the team's home. the giants installed a plaque in at&t's broadcast center to honor scully. and vin scully's career touched a lot of people. director ron howard thanked scully for his years of truly remarkable play by play in storytelling. broadcasting icon larry king simply said there will never be another vin scully. the giants tweeted a picture of the plaque presented today saying "forever enshrined in the convict tv broadcast booth." as scully himself tweeted his usual brand of wisdom, he said don't be sad it's over. smile because it happened. >>> demonstrators in solidarity with colin kaepernick as the niners quarterback continued his protest o

dodgers. both brooklyn and l.a.e see how the broadcast legend developed a fan base as large as any player on the field. >> say hello. >> thank you. hello. >> a final walk in to the broadcast booth for vin sculley, but his last day on the job wasn't in l.a. it was at at&t park. >> wonderful. absolutely wonderful. especially with my friends the giants. >> the man known for the famous quote it's time for dodger baseball is hanging it up after being the voice for the team since 1950 when the dodgers were the brooklyn dodgers in new york. look at this outfit. you have a vin shirt. you have vin signs in your hand. >> absolutely. >> not only dodger fans treat scully like a rock star. those wearing orange and black feel the same way. >> he has been a con stan sound of calm when it comes to baseball. you get a comfort feeling hearing him talk. >> reporter: during his final game, a rare tribute to scully who broadcast for the giants and dodgers telecast. >> superior catch. >> some call a broadcast institution now going silent

laughter and applause ] trump talks about lincoln like he was a hall of fame pitcher for the brooklyn dodgers. and lincoln throws one inside, he's keeping them honest. [ light laughter ] but it turns out hillary really was telling the truth, because in the actual transcript of that speech she says, "if you saw the spielberg movie 'lincoln' and how he was maneuvering and working to get the 13th usually end up where we need to be but if people are watching, then people get a little nervous to say the least. so you need both a public and private position." so i guess the real scandal here is that bankers paid thousands of dollars for hillary clinton's movie reviews. [ laughter and applause ] in short, "sully" will goose your heart rate and then bring you in for a smooth landing, i give it 2 1/2 pantsuits, that nonetheless, nonetheless there does seem to be a divergence in some cases between what hillary told wall street bankers behind closed doors and what she said publicly. for example, hillary insisted she's tough on wall street, yet when she gave paid speeches to those wall street banks it se

that closed an incredible 67- year career that started back when the dodgers called brooklyn home. rey brown spent a day at the ball park with scully in 2009. here's an excerpt of that profile. >> it's time for dodger baseball. brown brown it's a voice that generations of dodger fans have grown up with, savored, loved. >> ground ball to third backhanded by blake. easy inning for randy wolf. >> brown: in los angeles, but also incredibly going all the way back the brooklyn in the 1950s. >> the pitch at the right angle is balance one. admittedly, there are days when you think, you know, i'd rather sitd under a tree and read a book than go to the ballpark. >> every has those days. >> but what's great is you come to the park, you do the routine stuff, and then the crowd comes in, and the team takes the field, and the crowd roars, and all of a sudden you're delighted as a kid in a candy store. >> that's exactly where you want to be. >> exactly. >> brown: in an age when the sports broadcast booth is crammed with two and even three announcers, scully was the first to work alone. >> sanchez

the new york native's link to the dodgers started in 1950 when they were still the brooklyn dodgers.th the team to the west coast in 1958, becoming a staple of the l.a. community for six decades. he called some of the most memorable world series games of a generation including the stunning comeback and kirk gibson's heroic homerun in 1988. he made a road trip to san francisco this weekend honored by willie mays. fans eager to pay tribute to a living legend. for scully it was all about the players and fans. >> someone asked me the other day, what would you miss the most when you leave the job. i thought a moment. i said the roar of the crowd. >> ladies and gentlemen, vin scully. from long island to buffalo, from rochester to the hudson valley, from albany to utica, creative business incentives, infrastructure investment, university partnerships, and the lowest taxes in decades are creating a stronger economy and the right environment in new york state for business to thrive. let us help grow your company's tomorrow- today at business.ny.gov but i keep it growing by making every dollar

jackie rob opinion son breaking the color barrier in major league baseball the 1947 when brooklyn dodgers brought that up. that was a very big deal, and that was -- one of the three big stories of the year in down state illinois. jackie robinson coming into major leagues. the mine disaster and murder of kearl shelton he was in southern illinois riding in a open aired jeep on a country lane near the farm lands he owned and had bought with his facility gotten gangs and he was assassinated four or five gunman waiting in brush near a -- a bridge. and he was machine gunned to death. there were two body guards in a truck following him. but they were -- they didn't function and karl was murdered on the spot hit by 14, 15, 16 bullets. machine gunning and that, of course, was, that was the beginning because karl was the brains only one who knew all of the pieces of the puzzle. he was the only one who knew who was getting pads paid off where. and that after that it was difficult to keep the shelton gang together. bernie tried bernie was up here and had a tavern right a little bit down the hill from

. >> reporter: from his first day of work with the then brooklyn dodgers in 1950, scully grew from a still the youngest to ever call a world series game, into the sports unrivalled poet laurie@. he was there in 1967 when sandy koufax pitched1974 when hank aaron shattered babe ruth's home run record. >> a black man is getting a stand he ovation in the deep south. >> reporter: but it was his call stunning home run during the 1988 world series that just might be the most vintage vin of all. >> in a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened! >> reporter: as scully's singular career wound down to a final few outs on sunday. >> you can't say that it's over. smile, because it happened. >> reporter: that red-headed kid from the bronx who gave his heart to the game so many year for so many watching, the impossible had happened all over again. >> i have said enough for a lifetime, and for the last time, i wish you all a very pleasant good afternoon. >> i was a mess on my couch yesterday! >> watching him? >> i watched the kirk gibson i still remember the moment ed that. >> w

scully began his career calling games for the brooklyn dodgers back in 1950. he maintained his eloquence through the years, through his final call on sunday afternoon. and for the last time, i wish you all a very pleasant good afternoon. you and i have been friends for a long time. but i know in my heart that i have always needed you more than you have ever needed me. and i'll miss our time together more than i can say. >> a humble to to very end. scully is 88 years young. he looks amazing. fans saying they are going to mishim, perhaps more than he'll miss them. devotion, his grace. one of the most memorable calls he made was in 1965, the famous perfect game pitched by sandy koufax against the cubs. he called the 1956 world series. it's incredible. "the l.a. times" wrote, seriously, he's only 88. why does he have to leave now? >> a perfect three-hour game seamlessly. >> sharp. didn't miss anything. >> that voice is like a warm blanket. >> we're going miss him. it will be hard to watch the hour, the birth of a nation star and director under a cloud of controver

jackie robinson breaking the color barrier in major league baseball, was in 1947 when the brooklyn dodgers brought up jackie robinson to that with one of the three big stories of the year in downstate illinois the jackie robinson coming to the major leagues, a mine disaster, and the murder of karl shelton to it happened in 1947 on a beautiful october morning. karl was down in southern illinois ride in an open air jeep on a country lane near a lot of farmland he out and about with his ill-gotten gains, and he was assassinated. they were four or five gunmen waiting in barrage near a bridge, and he was machine gunned to death. they were two bodyguards in a truck following them, but they were, they didn't function. and karl was murdered on the spot. he was hit by 14, 15, 16 bullets. machine-gunning and that, of course, was that, the beginning of the en end of the shelton kig because karl was the brains. he was the only one who knew all the pieces of the puzzle. he was the only one who knew who was getting paid off where, and after that it was difficult to keep the shelton getting together. ber