Recently retired Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is at the White House today to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award, the highest honor a sitting president can bestow upon a civilian.
Here’s one clip of President Barack Obama’s introduction
.@POTUS jokes he considered having Vin Scully announce all the Presidential Medals: "Would've been very cool" https://t.co/I3tguBAShF
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 22, 2016
After President Obama introduced all the honorees — a group that included Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Gates, Frank Gehry, Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross — they each received their medal.
Vin Scully receives the Presidential #MedalofFreedom from @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/Do7DOWmSYd
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 22, 2016