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Dick Enberg

Continued from Page 18 was expecting his arrival. with two podcasts and was
“It’s very, very, very shock- full of energy.”
Enberg’s wife, Barbara, al- ing,” said Vaz, who lives in Tributes poured in from
ready was in Boston and Boston. “He’d been busy around the sports world.

In this Sept. 29, 2016, file photo, San Diego Padres broadcaster
Dick Enberg waves to crowd at a retirement ceremony prior to
the Padres’ final home baseball game of the season, against the
Los Angeles Dodgers in San Diego.
Associated Press
“To me, Dick Enberg was C. Frick Award.
the greatest all-around Scully read off some names
sportscaster who ever lived of broadcasters Enberg
and will never be emu- would be joining in Coo-
lated,” former Dodgers perstown.
broadcaster Vin Scully said “Oh man, what a list.
in a statement. “He had What’s this farm boy do-
my respect, admiration ing on that list?” Enberg
and my friendship. He will replied.
be sorely missed.” That was Enberg, who
Scully was among the first grew up in the Midwest,
to congratulate Enberg moved to Los Angeles and
when it was announced got his big break with UCLA
three years ago that he basketball before expand-
had been chosen for in- ing his repertoire to calling
duction into the broad- Super Bowls, Olympics, Fi-
casters’ wing of the Base- nal Fours, Wimbledon and
ball Hall of Fame as the the Breeders’ Cup. Besides
2015 recipient of the Ford calling eight of Wooden’s
10 national championships
with the Bruins, Enberg be-
came known in Southern
California for broadcasting
Angels and Rams games
and, for the last seven
years of his career, San Di-
ego Padres games.
“There will never be anoth-
er Dick Enberg,” CBS Sports
Chairman Sean McManus
said. “As the voice of gen-
erations of fans, Dick was a
masterful storyteller, a con-
summate professional and
a true gentleman. He was
one of the true legends of
our business.” As their ca-
reers neared an end late
in the 2016 baseball sea-
son, Scully and Enberg sat
down to reminisce.
“I think we do have one
thing in common about
our background and I think
are so blessed because
of that, that we grew up
in black-and-white radio,”
Enberg said. “There wasn’t
television and so we were
able to use our memory
and imagine our great he-
roes and what was hap-
pening and how it was be-
ing described.”q