Dodgers legend Vin Scully to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Obama will present to honor to the former Dodgers broadcaster on Nov. 22

On Wednesday, the White House announced this year's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Here's a look at a notable sampling of the 21 honorees ...

WH announces 21 new Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients. WH Ceremony on Nov 22. Includes: pic.twitter.com/NSKYG2NgTC

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Noteworthy for our purposes is that recently retired Dodgers broadcaster/baseball legend Vin Scully numbers among those who will receive a medal from President Obama on Nov. 22. Scully of course retired from the Dodgers broadcast booth at the end of the 2016 season after an astounding 67 years with the club.

Via the official White House press release, here's what the Presidential Medal of Freedom signifies:

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

Scully, who turns 89 on Nov. 29, previously received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.