In 2009, Enberg made his last major career move by taking on TV play-by-play for San Diego Padres games, a job he kept for 7 years before his retirement in 2016.
Thankfully, the world got to witness a truly momentous meeting just prior to his last game, when Enberg shared the announcer’s booth with fellow broadcasting legend Vin Scully, who spent a whopping 67 years calling Los Angeles Dodgers games.
In the post-2000 years, Dick Enberg’s career took him to CBS and, later, ESPN, and his legacy as one of sports’ most trusted announcers remained strong, as he continued working many major championships in the golf and tennis worlds, as well as in college basketball.