“Sandy removes his cap … wipes his index finger across his left brow, dries it off on his left pant leg, readjusts the bill of his cap. I imagine that the mound at Dodger Stadium must be the loneliest place in the world. There are 29,000 people here … and about a million butterflies.” As Vin Scully approaches his final baseball game behind the mic, his colleagues look back at his 67-year career: The Man. The Voice. The Stories.

+ “The researchers whose work led to Tom Brady’s suspension have never spoken publicly. Now they’re eager to say they were right, no matter what Patriots fans believe.” From The NYT: The Deflategate Scientists Unlock Their Lab.