Dodgers Dugout: Best Wishes To Charley Steiner

Hi, and invited to different version of Dodgers Dugout. My sanction is Houston Mitchell. I dream those of you who participate enjoyed nan Easter festivities complete nan weekend. But why does a rabbit bring eggs? Shouldn’t it beryllium nan Easter Chicken?

We are only 9 games into nan season, acold excessively early to scope immoderate conclusions. Yes, nan discourtesy struggled for a fewer games, but nan Dodgers are still 7-2. And nan offense’s struggles wouldn’t person been noticeable if it had happened for a fewer games successful nan mediate of nan play alternatively of correct astatine nan start.

So let’s move our attraction to thing else. I get emails each week asking astir Charley Steiner. He handled nan power telephone for nan first 3 innings connected opening day, past near and hasn’t been backmost since. Stephen Nelson put up a image of Steiner and Rick Monday that you tin spot by clicking here.

In October 2024, Bill Plaschke wrote a file detailing Steiner’s conflict pinch aggregate myeloma humor cancer. You tin read that file here. Steiner sat retired nan 2004 play because of it. He called six innings connected opening time successful 2025 and 3 innings connected opening time this year.

In his column, Plaschke wrote:

—”He endured changeless debilitating little backmost pain. He mislaid 50 pounds. He was confined to a wheelchair. He initially moved his furniture from nan 2nd level of his Westside location down to nan family room because he couldn’t climb nan stairs. He enlisted nan full-time thief of nurses. It wasn’t pretty.”

—“He’s gone done hell,” said his longtime power partner Rick Monday.

—”An highly backstage person, Steiner lived nan nightmare without fanfare, without telling anyone extracurricular of his soul circle, nan loquacious storyteller keeping his astir important words to himself.”

At nan time, Steiner’s crab was successful remission, which is why he talked astir it. I don’t want to estimate excessively overmuch astir his existent health, but nan truth he has called only 9 innings since past can’t beryllium a awesome sign. The Dodgers person kept him connected nan payroll and support him, conscionable arsenic they person done pinch Andrew Toles. It is 1 of nan awesome things astir nan organization.

When Steiner was calling games connected nan power afloat time, I would occasionally knock him for not mentioning nan people and crippled business enough. Now that seems alternatively meaningless.

So, pinch truthful overmuch divisiveness and unkindness successful nan world, present is what I would for illustration you to do. If you retrieve a peculiar telephone of Steiner’s, aliases a infinitesimal he made you laugh, aliases if you conscionable want to wish him good and fto him cognize Dodgers fans person not forgotten him, nonstop maine an email astatine houston.mitchell@latimes.com, and I will compile them successful a early newsletter. I’m judge he will spot it, and if we tin bring a small sunshine into someone’s day, past we person accomplished a bully thing.

A mates of my favourite Steiner moments:

When Steiner was pinch ESPN, he couldn’t extremity laughing aft proceeding Carl Lewis singing nan nationalist anthem. His laughter will make you laugh. You tin watch that here.

Steiner talks astir increasing up a Brooklyn Dodgers instrumentality and really overmuch Vin Scully meant to him. You tin watch that here.

Mookie injured

Mookie Betts injured his backmost while moving nan bases during Saturday’s triumph and was put connected nan injured database connected Sunday because of a strained correct oblique. According to WebMD, nan oblique muscles are broad, diagonal abdominal muscles located connected nan sides of nan torso (internal and external) that alteration trunk rotation, side-bending, and halfway stability. They assistance successful breathing and protect nan spine, pinch outer obliques moving complete soul obliques successful other directions and.... this is why I’m not a doctor.

Injuries are 1 of nan biggest things that could derail nan Dodgers this season. Can they past for four-to-six weeks without Betts? Sure, their discourtesy is build to withstand things specified arsenic that. But if aggregate hitters commencement ailing, past location could beryllium a problem. Just look astatine nan Lakers. Cruising toward nan playoffs, pinch immoderate experts saying they could astatine slightest scope nan convention finals. Then, abruptly Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are injured, and winning a first-round bid now seems problematic.

The Dodgers recalled Hyeseong Kim from Oklahoma City, wherever he has been crushing nan ball. Kim and Miguel Rojas will stock clip to shortstop.

How overmuch is excessively much?

On opening day, nan Dodgers offered a Shohei Ohtani collectors cup for $75, pinch free soda each game. Many fans online were outraged by nan price. For nan 2nd crippled of nan season, nan Dodgers dropped nan value to $68.99 and said you could get free refills of soda each play long.

And actually, if you spell to a fewer games a play and portion soda, that is rather a bargain, considering sodas astatine nan stadium costs astir $11.99. Of course, your ensuing measure for nan onset of glucosuria will make it little of a bargain.

Survey says

We asked, “Which Dodger person had nan champion entranceway music?” The results, aft 10,941 votes:

Eric Gagne, “Welcome to nan Jungle” — 53.9%
Edwin Díaz, “Narco” — 30.9%
Kenley Jansen, “California Love” — 15.2%

Up next

Monday: Dodgers (*-Justin Wrobleski, 0-0, 6.75 ERA) astatine Toronto (Max Scherzer, 1-0, 1.50 ERA), 4:05 p.m., Sportsnet LA, FS1, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Tuesday: Dodgers (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 1-1, 3.00 ERA) astatine Toronto (Kevin Gausman, 0-0, 0.75 ERA), 4:05 p.m., Sportsnet LA, TBS, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Wednesday: Dodgers (Shohei Ohtani, 1-0, 0.00 ERA) astatine Toronto (Dylan Cease, 0-0, 2.79 ERA), noon, Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

*-left-handed

In lawsuit you missed it

Dodgers put Mookie Betts connected IL, telephone up Hyeseong Kim earlier sweeping Nationals

Dodgers discourtesy stays basking arsenic Andy Pages and Kyle Tucker equilibrium lineup pinch large hits

‘A caller day’: Shohei Ohtani hits first homer of nan season, Dodgers aftermath up astatine nan plate

Dodgers Debate: LET’S PANIC! Or let’s hold for that?

Dodgers assured their bats will travel live soon contempt bid nonaccomplishment to Guardians

Shohei Ohtani battles done nan rainfall to propulsion a one-hit gem successful Dodgers’ win

And finally

Shohei Ohtani hits his first location tally of nan season. Watch and perceive here.

Until adjacent time....

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