Charley Steiner is watching this World Sequence at residence in Los Angeles, counting the times till subsequent season, when he plans to renew his craft.
A Dodgers broadcaster since 2005, after working three seasons with John Sterling on Yankees radio, Steiner was identified final winter with a number of myeloma blood most cancers that pressured him to overlook virtually all of this season.
Now in remission, the 75-year-old Steiner is channeling his Brooklyn Dodgers boyhood rooting curiosity.
“It’s wait till subsequent 12 months,” Steiner mentioned Monday by cellphone.
Steiner mentioned he labored three or 4 Dodgers radio broadcasts this season and was restricted to only some innings in every due to extreme decrease again ache that was a manifestation of the most cancers.
Steiner nonetheless undergoes common bodily remedy on his again.
“I may speak and do all of the issues one does for a residing, however the issue was remaining upright for an prolonged time frame, so after solely three or 4 innings I used to be toast,” Steiner mentioned.
Steiner admitted it’s been tough watching the Yankees and Dodgers play within the World Sequence and not using a microphone in entrance of him.
“I used to be a Brooklyn Dodger fan on Lengthy Island after which they moved and I turned a Yankee fan as a result of there was no one else,” Steiner mentioned. “And because the years go on I find yourself doing the Yankees and the Dodgers and to have them play one another and there may be nothing I can do, besides to look at — it’s infuriating. I hold reaching out for the brass ring, however I can’t fairly grasp it.”
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Steiner’s journeys to Dodger Stadium in current weeks, first throughout the NLCS after which for Sport 1 of the World Sequence, have been therapeutic.
Steiner hung out catching up with Mets radio voice Howie Rose throughout the NLCS and with Sterling and Suzyn Waldman final weekend.
“One of many nice misnomers over all these years is that John and Suzyn and I aren’t pals,” Steiner mentioned. “We’ve got been pals and we speak a good quantity, so to see them was nice. To see Howie was nice as a result of all of us grew up collectively. Howie and John and I within the late ‘70s, there we have been: Howie had the dopey tape recorder over his shoulder as I did mine, and John was John. We’ve got identified each other for over 40 years, so it was nice to see them.”
Steiner mentioned he has been assured by Dodgers brass that he’s needed again within the sales space.
“In some ways it’s type of wholesome for me,” Steiner mentioned. “There’s a goal I can throw darts at. Yeah, I’m coming again and one of many issues I’ve discovered is how a lot I miss it.”
