On The Radio Ep. 12

Everyone who follows baseball, especially here in California know who Vince Scully is.

Scully is best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the franchise was located in Brooklyn) and ending in 2016. His run constitutes the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history, and he is second only to Tommy Lasorda (by two years) in terms of number of years associated with the Dodgers organization in any capacity. He retired at age 88 in 2016, ending his record-breaking run as their play-by-play announcer.

In his final season behind the microphone, Scully announced most Dodger home games (and selected road games) on SportsNet LAtelevision and KLAC radio. He is known for his dulcet voice, lyrically descriptive style, and signature introduction to Dodger games: "It's time for Dodger baseball! Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good (afternoon/evening) to you, wherever you may be." He is considered by many to be the greatest baseball broadcaster of all time, according to fan rankings, Bleacher Report and Fox Sports.

These days the radio booth for the Dodgers includes Charley Steiner (left) and Rick Monday (right).

Former Dodger outfielder and two-time Major League All-Star, Rick Monday begins his 26th season as a Dodger broadcaster and 34th season overall with the organization, including eight as a player..

Monday, who joined the Dodgers' broadcast team in 1993, began his broadcasting career as a sports anchor on KTTV in Los Angeles in 1985, while also calling play-by-play and hosting the pregame show for Dodger games on DodgerVision and Z Channel. He was nominated for an Emmy as host of the Dodgers' pregame show on KTTV's "Dodger Central" in 1988 and he earned an Emmy for Live Sports Coverage in 2001. Monday has also called games for the College World Series and the Padres.

Monday made his Major League debut in 1966 and, after spending six seasons with the Athletics and five seasonswith the Cubs, Monday came to the Dodgers as part of a five-player trade in 1977. He played eight seasons in L.A., and propelled the Dodgers to the 1981 World Series with a dramatic, game winning home run in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the NLCS at Montreal. Overall, Monday compiled a .264 career batting average with 241 home runs and 775 RBI in 19 big-league seasons, while helping the Dodgers win a World Championship in 1981 and three NL pennants (1977, 1978, 1981).

Five-time Emmy Award-winner and National Radio Hall of Famer Charley Steiner enters his 14th season as a play-by-play announcer for the Dodgers. The veteran broadcaster will primarily call the action on the Dodger Radio Network, but will also handle the play-by-play duties for SportsNet LA for select games.

Before joining the Dodgers, Steiner broadcast three years for the New York Yankees on WCBS Radio and the YES Network. Prior to his seasons with the Yankees, Steiner spent 14 years at ESPN, where his responsibilities ranged from anchoring SportsCenter to working play-by-play for Major League Baseball and Saturday Primetime Football. He served as SportsCenter's primary boxing reporter/analyst and also contributed to the Emmy and CableACE Award-winning Outside the Lines series. Steiner also called the 2006 and 2013 World Baseball Classics for XM Radio and MLB International, respectively, and broadcast MLB games live from seven different countries.

He began his professional broadcasting career in 1969 at WIRL Radio in Peoria, Illinois as a newscaster, and made career stops as Davenport, New Haven, Hartford and Cleveland before returning to his native New York, where he was the morning sportscaster on WOR radio, while serving as sports director for the RKO Radio Network. In addition,Steiner called the play-by-play for the USFL New Jersey Generals and, later, for the New York Jets on WABC radio.

Tim Neverett enters his first season as a member of the Dodgers' broadcast team, and will handle play-by-play duties for a select number of games on both television and radio.

Neverett previously served as the radio play-by-play voice of the Boston Red Sox for the past three seasons following a seven-year stint as the radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Before joining the Pirates, Neverett spent four years working for FSN Rocky Mountain, including as a studio host for Colorado Rockies games during the 2008 season. He also served the network as a play-by-play announcer for Rockies games, college football, basketball, hockey, lacrosse, arena football, and track and field.