The Los Angeles estate of the legendary baseball sportscaster Vin Scully, who called games for the Dodgers for a whopping 67 seasons and named his property “Home Plate,” hit the market on Sunday for $15 million.
Scully, who died in August of this year at the age of 94, began working with the baseball team in 1950, back when the franchise was located in Brooklyn. He relocated with the team to Los Angeles in 1958, and continued commentating until he retired in 2016.
He acquired the French chateau-style mansion in the upscale gated community of Hidden Hills in 2009 for a hair above $12.4 million. A trust was used for the purchase, records with PropertyShark show.
The two-story home stands on nearly 2 acres of land and boasts myriad high-end features across its 11,615 square feet, such as a movie theater, a library, a wine cellar and a game room, according to the listing with Cat Scully, the sportscaster’s daughter, and Mimi Bladow of Compass.
“Having the honor of listing our family home is bittersweet,” Ms. Scully said. “Our home was full of so many beautiful memories, love and laughter, but as my dad used to say, ‘there is a season and a time for everything in life.’”
French country style runs through the home, and is seen in its double wood-and-wrought-iron front entry doors, patterned stone floors, coffered ceilings, floor-to-ceiling fireplaces and delicate custom wall treatments.
There’s also a formal living room with a fireplace, an oversized chef’s kitchen with double islands, a formal dining room, a family room and plenty of space for guests with a guest apartment and a guest house, the listing said.
Outside, there’s a full-sized tennis court, a pool, a spa, an outdoor kitchen, a putting green and a six-car garage.
Scully “was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the team said in a statement following his death. “He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson to Clayton Kershaw.”
It was his wish that the home “would be passed to the next family to continue making beautiful memories,” Ms. Scully said.