The only thing more frustrating than listening to the Dodgers give that game away last night to the Nationals with a score of 5-4, was listening to Charley Steiner call the game on the radio. I really don’t think a game has gone by that I’ve been listening to that I haven’t screamed “SHUT UP CHARLEY STEINER!” at the radio. From forgetting to repeat the score for minutes on end, to bungling calls (who can forget him calling the game as over in San Diego when the Padres had actually tied it up), to excitedly screaming into the damn mic when the opposing team scores. Now I’m all for fair and balanced game calling but you’re calling a Dodgers game. It’s kind of rubbing it in our face when you are YELLING about how amazing a play by the Nationals short stop is, or the home run that just tied the game.

Now there was some jackass accusing him of “blowing” Billingsley’s no hitter by talking about it in the 6th. That’s just ridiculous. Vin Scully mentioned the fact that Koufax was pitching a perfect game almost every minute of his amazing call of Sandy’s fourth no hitter. So I don’t hold that against him at all.

However if I have to hear “That ball is Going, Going! GOING!, and just falls short and is caught on the warning track by the right fielder…” one more time when the Dodgers hit a long fly ball, I’m going to drive my car into a telephone pole.