Charley Steiner on Calling Baseball, Memories of ESPN, Press Room Scuffles, and More

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Bryan is joined by Dodgers play-by-play announcer Charley Steiner to discuss his time working in media. They begin by reflecting on his start with the Yankees and receiving his “Yankee tattoo,” calling the Aaron Boone home run, and comparing his time with the Yankees to his time with the Dodgers. Later, they highlight key moments from Steiner’s career, from a Wimbledon press room scuffle to calling the Dodgers' 2020 World Series championship, and all the moments in between. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Charley Steiner Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mac Jones is ripped. Matt Patricia is calling plays.
0:04.0	The Celtics are title favorites. And the ringer has a new Boston show.
0:08.0	I'm Brian Barrett, host of Off the Pike, the show covering all things Boston sports.
0:12.0	I'll have shows multiple times a week covering your favorite teams and with your favorite
0:16.0	ringer and local guests. Plus, maybe Bill will stop by to rant about the socks.
0:20.0	Follow Off the Pike with me, Brian Barrett, now on Spotify.
0:24.0	Hello media consumers, welcome to the press box.
0:30.0	Brian Curtis of the ringer here along with producer Erica Servantes.
0:34.0	So I have an uncle who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
0:38.0	His name is Carl. He's one of my favorite people on planet earth.
0:42.0	And he is a huge Los Angeles Dodgers fan.
0:46.0	During the summer, I get texts from Uncle Carl.
0:49.0	They go like this. Hey, Kurto, did you see that Dustin May has a no-hitter
0:53.0	through five? When I get those texts, I pop in my earbuds.
0:57.0	I open my serious app and I smile.
1:01.0	Because this moment of uncle nephew bonding is going to be narrated by Charlie Steiner.
1:07.0	The Dodgers play by play announcer.
1:09.0	Here's a fact I hadn't really processed until this week.
1:13.0	Charlie Steiner's career calling Dodgers games is now longer than his career hosting
1:18.0	sports center at ESPN. And this isn't Steiner's second career in the business.
1:23.0	It's more like his third or his fourth.
1:25.0	So this week Steiner and I sat in his dining room in Los Angeles and we work backwards.
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