Pujols 700th: How Bradley grad Charley Steiner called baseball history

Albert Pujols hit his 700th home run on Friday. Charley Steiner was in the broadcast booth as the Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play voice. He is a National Radio Hall of Fame inductee and a Bradley University graduate. He broadcast for the Yankees and ESPN. His career started out at WIRL radio in Peoria in 1969. It's his 18th season as a radio play by play voice for Los Angles Dodgers.

Pujols hit No. 699 in his first at-bat Friday at Dodger Stadium. In his next at at the plate, he hit his historic No 700.

Pujols was released by the Angels and signed with the Dodgers last year. He hit 699 and 700 home runs at Dodger Stadium. Pujol signed as a free agent with St. Louis Cardinals.  Steiner was saying in the offseason that PuJols should stay with Cardinals for one final year with Yadi and Wainwright. It was a remarkable punctuation point on Pu jols' career.

Pujols hit two home runs and celebrated No. 700. He never mentioned the Angels in passing. Steiner found it interesting. The fans embraced him early.

Steiner came back to Peoria in 2015 to celebrate as Bradley University named its school of sports communication in his honor. He later hosted sports symposiums at Bradley, bringing in national figures from Larry King to John Rooney, Jon Miller, Ralph Lawler and Chris "Mad Dog" Russo.

Charley Steiner is a baseball announcer. He was announcing Brooklyn Dodgers games from his basement on Long Island when he was 7. His favorite call is Aaron Boone's walk-off home run in 2003. Cal Ripken's home runs in his final All-Star Game and the World Series in 2020 are also cool.