Citing a need for broadcast consistency, Charley Steiner has been banished to the AM dial. This means that you'll hear Scully's words for the first three innings, followed by Steiner and Rick Monday for the rest of the game. You could make the argument that radio broadcasters have a more difficult task than TV play-by-play guys because they don't have any pictures to back up their words. So...it doesn't make much sense that we're putting a guy in the radio booth that has awful judgements of a ball hit in play. We only had to deal with this for a portion of last season as we had Monday on radio to save us when Steiner did TV. So from now on, we'll all be riding the Steiner-emotional-roller-coaster for every fly ball hit "WAY BACK THERE!!" to find that it was really a routine catch.
More importantly, the Dodgers are interviewing candidates to replace Steiner on TV. Of course, Scully will handle the duties west of Colorado, but someone needs to be hired to keep Steve Lyons in check everywhere else. And, if you read between the lines, this new hire will potentially take the place of our beloved Scully when he decides to hang it up.
Fans are being asked for their input in the situation as well. If you have any ideas, send them to fanfeedback@ladodgers.com.
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