MLB Network channel on SiriusXM will air a Vin Scully special on Monday.

SiriusXM will air a two-hour tribute special dedicated to the extraordinary broadcasting career of Vin Scully this Monday at 2 p.m., the network announced.

Scully’s last game behind the mic is Sunday in San Francisco.

Here are a few details about the program from a SiriusXM press release:

The special, hosted by Mike Ferrin, will air at 5:00 pm ET/2:00 pm PT on SiriusXM’s MLB Network Radio channel, which is available nationwide on satellite radios (Sirius channel 209, XM channel 89) and on the SiriusXM app.

Listeners will hear a new one-on-one interview with Scully himself, who reminisces about his desire from early on in life to become a broadcaster, as well as some of the many highlights that he experienced in his 67 years behind the microphone.

Many others – including prominent broadcasters and players – will share their thoughts on Scully’s legacy in baseball.

Those who pay tribute include current and former Dodgers greats Clayton Kershaw, Don Newcombe, Orel Hershiser and Nomar Garciaparra; as well as broadcasters Bob Uecker, Dick Enberg, Jon Miller, Al Michaels, Bob Costas, Verne Lundquist, Brent Musburger, Marv Albert, Charley Steiner, Joe Buck, Marty Brennaman, Ross Porter, Mike Krukow, Joe Davis and Jaime Jarrin.

Some highlights from the show:

Scully, on knowing what he wanted to do with his life at a young age:  “The nuns [in school] asked us to write a composition [on] what you wanted to be.  And the girls wanted to be ballet dancers and nurses and the boys wanted to be firemen and policemen.  And I wanted to be a sports announcer.”

Dick Enberg:  “He is a wordsmith and I think all good announcers are but he’s extraordinary.  He’s the Dean of the school.  You know, he’s the poet laureate of our sport.”

Clayton Kershaw:  “I think the coolest thing is 30, 40 years from now when hopefully I’ll get some grandkids of my own, I can show them the game and tell them that Vin Scully called my no-hitter. … Just show them what it was like to have Vin call a game and what he meant to it and that’s pretty special that I’ll always have that.”

Al Michaels:  “He takes the game and he brings the game to life for you.  And I think there are a ton of people of my generation who owe their love for baseball in very good measure to Vin Scully, because he made the game so much more interesting for you, he made it relevant, he made you want to learn more about it.”

Charley Steiner:  “Vin, in the City of Stars, in Los Angeles, where people don’t even need a second name – there is Magic and there is Spielberg and there is Hanks – they all go by one name.  Vin does, too, but I would argue that Vin, in the City of Stars, is the biggest star of them all because all of these folks have listened to him and they acknowledge that he is as good as anyone who has ever done it.  And kind of like Sara Lee, nobody doesn’t like Vin.  He is universally popular.”

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.