Watch: Obama jokes about having Vin Scully call Medal of Freedom ceremony

Barack Obama thought Vin Scully could call the Medal of Freedom presentation ceremony.

President Obama honored longtime Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday afternoon and joked that Scully should have called the day's ceremony. 

“When he heard about this honor, Vin asked with characteristic humility, ‘Are you sure? I’m just an old baseball announcer.’ And we had to inform him that, to Americans of all ages, you are an old friend.” Obama said. “In fact, I thought about him doing all these citations, which would have been very cool, but I thought we shouldn’t make him sing for his supper like that.”

Watch Obama's remarks below:

.@POTUS jokes he considered having Vin Scully announce all the Presidential Medals: "Would've been very cool" https://t.co/I3tguBAShF

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 22, 2016

Vin Scully receives the Presidential #MedalofFreedom from @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/Do7DOWmSYd

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 22, 2016

The legendary broadcaster also directed a White House ensemble in an epic performance of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." 

#VIN is the best. #MedalofFreedom pic.twitter.com/FBYsgZRdhJ

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 22, 2016

Scully posed for a photo with White House press secretary Josh Earnest, as well as with a few other medal recipients you might recognize. 

As a lifelong baseball fan, truly an honor to meet a baseball legend Vin Scully of the @Dodgers. pic.twitter.com/js3TyIC4Xx

— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) November 22, 2016

The Boss and Bruce @springsteen. pic.twitter.com/WfwXD1aXRI

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 22, 2016

Watch today’s Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony with Vin Scully https://t.co/robEHq0AvI pic.twitter.com/kTrAMSiOio

— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) November 22, 2016

Scully retired at the end of last season after 67 years in the booth.