One sidelight for those living in Japan this season is we will get to see more Los Angeles Dodgers games on TV. NHK and J-Sports will no doubt be televising live the Dodgers games when Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda is the L.A. starter. When the team is at home, and we choose the sub-channel audio for the English play-by-play, we should get to hear Vin Scully in his 67th and final season at the microphone.
The 88-year-old Scully, arguably the best major league broadcast game-caller of all time, has said he will finally retire after the 2016 season. According to various media reports, he plans to work Dodgers home games and a few other games in California. He called the April 4 opener with the Dodgers at San Diego and plans to do interleague games against the Angels in Anaheim May 18-19.
He will say "sayonara" and tell his final entertaining stories when the season ends Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at San Francisco. That is, unless the Dodgers make the playoffs. He is said to be considering an extension of his work through the post-season, in that case.