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Scully's career with the team began in Brooklyn in 1950. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
"All my career, all I have ever really done, all I ever have accomplished, is to talk about the accomplishments of others," Scully said. "We can't all be heroes. Somebody has to stand on the curb and applaud as the parade goes by."
· YANKEES: A city commission voted to approve a plan to build a new stadium for the club in the Bronx.
The unanimous approval by the City Planning Commission sends the plan for the privately financed $800 million project to the City Council, which must vote on final approval within two months.
"A new facility would be a benefit to both the Yankees and the city," Commission Chair Amanda Burden said.
The new ballpark will be just north of the current stadium, which opened in 1923, and the Yankees have said they hope to break ground this spring.
· BRAVES: Arthur Blank, a co-founder of Home Depot Inc. and owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, said he's no longer trying to buy the team.
In a statement through his AMB Group LLC, Blank said talks with Time Warner Inc. and its Atlanta-based Turner South cable network have been suspended.
Time Warner, the world's largest media company, put the Braves up for sale in December and had been in negotiations with Blank for the past two months. Time Warner acquired the ballclub in 1996 when it bought Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System Inc. . . .
Chipper Jones was missing something when he reported to spring training -- nearly 20 pounds. Jones said his weight dropped from 228 to 210 while he had stomach flu.
