Dodgers Dugout: Readers Show Their Love For Charley Steiner

Hi, and invited to different version of Dodgers Dugout. My sanction is Houston Mitchell, and nan Dodgers support rolling. When will nan first bad agelong of games begin?

Last week, I asked you to show immoderate support for Dodgers broadcaster Charley Steiner, who battled crab and has been heard infrequently connected broadcasts since 2024.

And boy did you respond. We received complete 1,000 emails from group who wanted to walk on champion wishes. Obviously, we can’t tally each 1,000 emails, but present are a selected few.

John Peterson of Pleasant Hill: I had nan awesome luck of gathering Charley Steiner successful Las Vegas successful nan early ‘90s. At nan time, I was an adjunct diversion head astatine UNLV, and our men’s hoops squad had played successful 3 Final Fours (1987, 1990, 1991), truthful tickets to location games were ace scarce successful those days. Charley was successful municipality to telephone a boxing lucifer for ESPN, truthful he and Rich Rose, erstwhile president of Caesars World Sports, were hopeless capable to beryllium successful my unit seats (at slightest they weren’t successful nan balcony!). I was successful full awe of those 2 giants of nan sports intermezo landscape. We moreover took a photograph together. I was already a immense Charley Steiner fan, but aft gathering him successful person, I became a fanboy for life, truthful erstwhile he became a Dodger announcer, I was complete nan moon. I will ever retrieve really gracious he was — for illustration immoderate different instrumentality who wanted to spot for himself what each nan fuss was astir nan Runnin’ Rebels. Have cherished nan representation ever since.

Tara Elkinton: My hubby and I are immense Dodger fans and it’s been said I Bleed Blue. We ever enjoyed listening to Charley and Rick. Charley’s commentary was ever honest, interesting, individual and made you consciousness for illustration you were astatine nan game. We emotion and miss him.

Steven Booth: Charley, convey you for bringing peace, emotion and happiness into our lives. Hearing you telephone games is for illustration having a java aliases brew pinch your friend astatine nan ballpark. We emotion you and are praying for you.

Darin Axel-Adams of Pendleton, Ind.: I was a teen erstwhile he started astatine ESPN and ever enjoyed watching him connected SportsCenter. I was a budding precocious schoolhouse power broadcaster and Charley was 1 of nan ESPN anchors I attempted (not very successfully!) to mimic. I besides thought he had immoderate of nan funniest “This is SportsCenter” promos … it was beautiful evident that he didn’t return himself aliases his occupation excessively seriously. Living successful nan Midwest, I haven’t been capable to bask overmuch of Charley’s clip pinch nan Dodgers, but erstwhile I do, I americium reminded again of what a genuinely talented broadcaster he is!

Kim Haack: My begetter was a Dodger instrumentality for much than 50 years. He is nan logic I’m a Dodger instrumentality today. He died 3 weeks earlier nan Dodgers won nan World Series successful 2020. We often listened to nan power successful nan car and enjoyed listening to Charley and Mo. The power telephone from Charley astatine Game 6 of nan 2020 World Series erstwhile nan Dodgers won was perfectly amazing. Of course, I was sobbing erstwhile they won, reasoning of my father. It was a balm to perceive Charley’s acquainted sound and I deliberation he said for each of america erstwhile he said, “In a twelvemonth for illustration nary other, erstwhile joyousness has been truthful difficult to travel by, coming tears of joy, fto ‘em travel ...” Charley’s telephone of that crippled is thing I will ne'er hide for nan remainder of my life. Whenever I spot that clip and perceive Charley’s voice, I tear up remembering really overmuch I appreciated his acquainted sound erstwhile facing a bittersweet clip successful my life.

Kirk Stitt: Charley, I’m a 76-year-old Dodger instrumentality since 1958. I cognize you worth your privacy, I get that. You request to cognize that thousands of Dodgers fans everyplace are reasoning of you and wishing you nan champion and hoping to perceive you.

Donald Golightly of Russell, Ky.: Being an aged Brooklyn Dodger instrumentality myself, I tin subordinate to Charley. While I don’t consciousness nan relationship to nan caller Dodgers, successful caller years I really enjoyed listening to Charley and Rick connected nan internet. So here’s wishing Charley nan champion now and always! Keep your caput up and support smiling!

Philip Nelson: The absolute champion ESPN SportsCenter commercialized is nan Y2K commercial. Near nan extremity Steiner is wearing his necktie astir his caput for illustration a bandana. War overgarment arsenic if he is successful The Lord of nan Flies and says, “Follow me. Follow maine to freedom!” (Note: You tin watch that commercialized here.)

Jim Carlisle: I person “followed you to freedom” for years and person greatly appreciated your integrity, personality, accuracy and joke connected nan air. It was truthful awesome to perceive you connected nan aerial connected opening time pinch Rick Monday. It was for illustration having a reunion pinch an aged friend. I’m hoping you’ll beryllium capable to return to nan booth whenever you consciousness up to it. You person galore fans who are hoping nan aforesaid thing.

Stephen Knight: I’ve enjoyed your calls since, like, forever. As a crab subsister myself pinch what I for illustration to telephone unremission, nan prime of really you woody pinch it is simply a individual 1 and is yours, and your family’s. And I conscionable want to convey you for putting maine wrong nan parkland for each of those Dodger games. You made maine consciousness truthful alive, truthful connected pinch each telephone of each strike, ball, deed aliases miss.

Jimie Murray of Redondo Beach: One of my favourite memories was a wholly random telephone astir 10 years ago. A Dodgers runner slid into 2nd guidelines caput first and sewage up aft clip was called to shingle his loop and pants. Charley said, (Runner) is getting nan ungraded retired of each nan places ungraded shouldn’t be.” It conscionable made maine laughter and now immoderate clip a subordinate slides caput first, I repetition it for my wife.

Tom Schulz: I’ve ever been a Dodger fan, initially (and continuing so) because of Jackie Robinson. But I really became a instrumentality successful 2020 while surviving successful Arkansas (now thankfully successful California), and Charley and Rick helped maine sphere my sanity during COVID. In nan midst of that bizarre and unsettling year, Charley and Rick were voices of normalcy. Since then, I person caught astatine slightest portion of each Dodgers power broadcast. Charley and Rick became my friends.

Eliza Rubenstein: I’m a third-generation Cardinals instrumentality surviving successful SoCal, and it takes a LOT to get maine to opportunity bully things astir nan Dodgers. But I spent years listening to Dodger games connected nan power successful ample portion because I recovered Charley Steiner to beryllium truthful wholly and consistently delightful. His intelligence, his barren wit, his charming wont of saying “he’s been struck out” alternatively than “he struck out” ... his hit and diction and joke person ever spoken straight to my baseball-obsessed heart, and considering that I grew up pinch Jack Buck successful my receptor and precocious standards successful my soul, that’s saying a lot.

Nancy Shattuck: Thank you for voicing joyousness and Dodger bluish to this grateful fan.

Lydia Valenzuela: You’ve been missed. It was truthful bully to perceive you connected opening day. I’m judge I speak for each nan fans erstwhile I opportunity we can’t hold until you’re backmost again connected nan radio. I emotion to perceive nan banter betwixt you and Rick. You some ever bring a grin to my face. That lukewarm soothing sound of yours is missed. Hope to perceive from you again soon.

Howard Hancock: Thank you for being specified a terrific portion of my sports enjoyment for truthful galore years. I greatly dream to perceive you telephone galore much innings successful nan future.

Scott Snyder: You person been nan astir underrated sound successful my 55 years of loving baseball. Best of wishes to you.

Linda Seidman: We fans miss you and your calling nan games truthful very much! Nobody calls a crippled for illustration you, particularly nan location runs. The games conscionable aren’t arsenic bully aliases arsenic nosy aliases arsenic breathtaking without your calls, truthful please get backmost successful nan booth whenever you can!

Larry Oppenheim: What I emotion astir about Charley Steiner is nan sheer joyousness he brings to announcing nan Dodgers. And his joyousness is contagious. A friend and I would matter backmost and distant while listening to Dodgers games. I would opportunity ‘did you perceive what Charley conscionable said’ and I would constitute it down successful my text. Thankfully, I recovered these messages. Delving into my aged matter messages has brought backmost truthful galore joyful memories. Charley, I miss you terribly.

Samuel Contreras of Chino Hills: Charley, we haven’t forgotten you astatine all. Dodger fans miss you and look guardant to your return to nan broadcast booth connected a regular basis. My family’s life has been affected by aggregate myeloma arsenic my woman was diagnosed successful October 2024. Thankfully, she’s doing good and I wish nan aforesaid for you. Please cognize that Dodger broadcasts are not nan aforesaid without you.

Keith Putirka: Charley Steiner is 1 of my all-time favourite shot announcers and erstwhile I heard he was headed to L.A. to screen nan Dodgers, I was thrilled. I grew up listening to Vin Scully and was intelligibly very spoiled. Until I moved to New York successful nan early 1990s, I had nary thought really overmuch of a spread location was betwixt Vin and everyone else. But I still loved listening to shot games, particularly connected ESPN, and I first heard Charley connected nan power erstwhile he called nan 1997 World Series connected ESPN radio. He was terrific. He made nan games travel to life, conveying nan environment, nan stories and nan excitement, successful his ain inimitable style. After that, I would ever tune successful to immoderate ESPN-broadcast crippled truthful that I could perceive Charley Steiner telephone nan games. I’m 63 and I’ve been listening to and watching shot for a very agelong time. Growing up successful L.A. I heard a batch of awesome announcers, but my database for nan apical 3 announcers successful shot is an easy choice; it is successful order, Vin Scully, Charley Steiner and Jon Miller. Thank you, Mr. Steiner, for making a awesome athletics moreover greater to perceive to.

Hoyt Adams: I utilized to activity astatine nan Genius Bar astatine nan Apple Store successful Santa Monica, and 1 time I helped Charley. He was truthful easygoing, funny and genuinely delighted to talk shot pinch a alien who was helping him pinch his computer.

When I told him nan difficult thrust connected his laptop was failing, he said successful that awesome power voice, “So that’s your communicative and you’re sticking to it.” But he instantly lit up erstwhile we started talking shot again. For 1 logic aliases another, I brought up really overmuch I loved players for illustration Jamey Carroll, who was getting a batch of clip astatine shortstop that season. When I was driving location from activity that night, I turned connected nan game, and Jamey Carroll conscionable truthful happened to beryllium having a slayer night. Charley talked astir him and moreover mentioned respective thumps from our speech — it perfectly made my season.

Patrick Hennes of Corona: I person “worshipped” Vin Scully since I was 1 of millions of young fans that had my transistor power nether my pillow listening to my Dodgers, opening successful nan early 1960s. No 1 could ever beryllium better. But for this 1 night, I deliberation Charley surpassed nan GOAT. It’s ever a bully clip to spell backmost to this unthinkable game, erstwhile nan Dodgers deed 4 consecutive location runs successful nan bottommost of nan ninth to necktie San Diego. And to admit Charley Steiner arsenic a awesome announcer. (Note: You tin watch and perceive here.)

George Martin of Virginia: Listening to Charley Steiner telephone a crippled is for illustration a lukewarm broad connected a acold and rainy day. Whatever your troubles, proceeding him brings security, alleviation and joy.

Jason Hashmi: The line, “we’ll find retired together” is nan classical Steiner building for me. Will Freeman’s ankle heal successful clip for nan World Series and will he beryllium a liability connected nan bases if he does return? “We’ll find retired together.” I’ve adopted nan building myself, and often for things unrelated to baseball. I ever springiness a wink to Steiner successful my mind erstwhile I do. I wish him wellness and peace.

Kathy Pratt: In 2014 my hubby and I drove up from Tucson to spot a outpouring training game. As we were stepping into Camelback Ranch Stadium we looked up and location was Charley Steiner. My hubby asked if he could return a image of him and his wife. Charlie’s reply was, “I ever emotion to person my image taken pinch a beautiful woman!” Charley’s kindness was truthful appreciated and it made our day.

Candi Hersch: I miss proceeding you connected nan radio. You are overmuch younger than my father, but listening to nan crippled pinch you is for illustration hanging retired pinch my beloved departed dad. It’s comforting and you ever person awesome insight.

Doug Weber of Carlsbad: For each statement you receive, please cognize that location are thousands much who wish you each nan best. Thank you for everything and we’ll look guardant to proceeding from you soon.

Bill Walsh of Oceanside: I miss Charley’s sound connected nan radio. While moving I ever had nan Dodger power broadcasts playing down my desk. Charley and Rick became my regular companions. I miss you greatly Charley.

Andrew Mounts of Clovis: You’re portion of this awesome point we telephone nan Dodger family. Your enthusiasm and emotion for this crazy crippled and nan Dodgers is greatly appreciated and very sorely missed. Never hide your sound paints a image of this crippled that we emotion truthful much. You and Mo put america successful nan ballpark erstwhile we couldn’t beryllium there. Thank you truthful very much. Get good Dodger friend and whitethorn God bless you and your family.

Geoff King of Bakersfield: The Dodgers person been blessed pinch nan champion power and TV broadcast personalities ever, pinch Vin Scully astatine nan apical of nan list. But Charley was a awesome summation to nan Dodger broadcast unit years ago. His demeanor, stories and mannerisms calling nan crippled were for illustration Scully. We went respective years without TV because of nan Direct TV conflict truthful we would perceive to nan games connected nan radio. Charley was a lifesaver of Dodger shot for us.

Rich Mortimer: My family and I person enjoyed your Dodger sum for galore years. I americium 73 and person been a Dodger instrumentality my full life and Charley’s reporting has made our viewing and listening truthful overmuch much enjoyable. Thank you Charley. Please cognize that location are thousands of Dodger fans, Charley Steiner fans, who are praying for your recovery.

John Sotos of Leesburg, Va.: I person ever been a Charley Steiner fan, from his days astatine ESPN to his clip broadcasting Dodgers games. That ESPN commercialized — no, not “follow maine to freedom!” — but nan 1 successful which he has to hide nether his table while an angry Evander Holyfield, having been told that Charley disparaged his boxing, prowls nan ESPN spaces shouting “Charley Steiner! Come retired and get your whoopin’!” Still 1 of my favorites. (Note: You tin watch that advertisement here.)

Ohtani retired of nan batting lineup

Much interest was raised erstwhile Shohei Ohtani wasn’t successful nan hitting lineup Wednesday erstwhile he was nan starting pitcher against nan Mets. Nothing to interest about. Ohtani was deed successful nan correct enarthrosis by a transportation Monday, and nan Dodgers were conscionable being cautious. As Maddie Lee reported:

“If it weren’t for nan deed by transportation [Monday], he would’ve been DHing and pitching tonight,” Dave Roberts said earlier Wednesday’s game.

“Just emotion what gives him nan champion chance to enactment loose during nan outing, consciousness good,” Roberts said. “There’s still immoderate soreness successful there. When he’s hitting, there’s a constituent that he’s successful nan cage getting fresh to hit, and if we tin return that disconnected his sheet and conscionable attraction connected 1 point tonight, we felt — training staff, pitching coaches, myself — we conscionable felt it was nan champion point for him. So, erstwhile I told him, he wholly understood.”

Up next

Friday: Dodgers (Tyler Glasnow, 1-0, 4.00 ERA) astatine Colorado (Ryan Feltner, 1-1, 7.30 ERA), 5:40 p.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Saturday: Dodgers (Emmet Sheehan, 2-0, 6.60 ERA) astatine Colorado (TBD), 5:10 p.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Sunday: Dodgers (Roki Sasaki, 0-2, 6.23 ERA) astatine Colorado (Michael Lorenzen, 1-2, 8.10 ERA), 12:10 p.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Monday: Dodgers (*-Justin Wrobleski, 2-0, 2.12 ERA) astatine Colorado (*-Jose Quintana, 0-0, 4.15 ERA), 5:40 p.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

*-left-handed

And finally

Charley Steiner connected nan 30th day of his celebrated Carl Lewis call. Watch and perceive here.

Until adjacent time....

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