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====Brooklyn (1950β1957)==== After [[Ernie Harwell]] left the Dodgers' radio and television booths for the crosstown Giants before the [[1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1950 season]], Scully replaced Harwell, joining Barber and [[Connie Desmond]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/07/17/vin-scully-1950-brooklyn-dodgers|title=Vin Scully on life and lessons from his rookie year with the 1950 Dodgers|first=David J.|last=Halberstam |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=July 17, 2015}}</ref> When Barber got into a salary dispute with [[World Series]] sponsor [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]] prior to the [[1953 World Series]], Scully took Barber's spot in the [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]] television booth, becoming the youngest person to broadcast a World Series (a record that stands to this day). After Barber subsequently left the Dodgers to work for the [[New York Yankees]] beginning in [[1954 New York Yankees season|1954]], Scully became the team's principal announcer, working with Desmond (1954β56), [[AndrΓ© Baruch]] (1954β55), [[Al Helfer]] (1955β57), and [[Jerry Doggett]] (1957). Scully was in the booth when the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] won the [[1955 World Series]], their only championship in Brooklyn. He announced Dodgers games in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=James |author2=Hiltner, Judith R. |title=How Vin Scully scored his Dodgers gig at 22 years old |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/08/13/how-vin-scully-scored-his-dodgers-gig-at-22-years-old_partner/ |website=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |date=August 13, 2022}}</ref>
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