Vin Scully wants no part of World Series broadcast booth

HOUSTON — The Dodgers are going back to the World Series, but Vin Scully isn’t.

The longtime broadcaster, who retired last year after 67 seasons with the Dodgers, said he’s not interested in broadcasting the World Series, even with the Dodgers there for the first time since 1988.

“I honestly don’t feel I belong there, and I would not want anyone to think I was eager for a spotlight,” Scully said in an email to the Los Angeles Daily News on Friday.

Scully has attended some games during the playoffs, watching from a private booth, as the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks in the NLDS then the Cubs in the NLCS to advance to the Fall Classic.

The Bronx native and Fordham grad will turn 90 next month and told the L.A. Daily News he is “trying to keep a low profile.”

Scully didn’t broadcast any games during the post- season last year, when the Dodgers advanced to the NLCS. Instead, his last game came Oct. 2, 2016, against the Giants.

Scully was in the booth when the Dodgers won the World Series in 1988, famously calling Kirk Gibson’s game-winning home run against Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley in Game 1, when Gibson limped to the plate as a pinch-hitter with the Dodgers trailing by a run.

Gibson’s two-run homer off Eckersley gave Los Angeles the win, with Scully’s description of the play: “High fly ball into right field. She is gone. … In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.”

The Dodgers hadn’t advanced past the NLCS in 29 years until they knocked off the Cubs in five games Thursday night.

They will host Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday after finishing the regular season with 104 wins, the most in the majors.