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He is a dentist, statistician, and public relations
and marketing executive born in Baltimore, Maryland. From the time he was a high school
student he worked in the office of the Orioles baseball team as a
statistician for the Hall of Fame manager and after studying at the dental
school of the University of Maryland, where he received his doctorate, he
joined the team as their dentist.
After spending 19 seasons with the Orioles he moved on to the San
Diego Padres for a further seven seasons before joining the Boston Red Sox
and being extremely active in their community and public relations. He was active in creating the
Fenway Ambassadors Program and the Red Sox scholars program, setting up the
customer services department, introducing the Father’s Day catch at Fenway
Park and producing the first video for the club. He has also been as being active in the production of
baseball videos for television about the Padres and the Orioles, which
garnered him an Emmy and a Telly Award respectively. Appearing in the movies he was seen
in Fever Pitch, which featured the Red Sox winning the world series in
2004. Aside from all of the
above work he is also active on the music side, playing the organ and
directing the orchestra at games, and has appeared in concert with Jimmy
Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band at Fenway Park as his organist on “Take
Me Out to the Ball Game”. This
has also seen him appearing on albums that include Live at Fenway Park
by Jimmy Buffett, Tessie and Warrior’s Code by Dropkick
Murphys and the compilation Music from the Mound. He was taken on at the end of
November 2007 as the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Public
Relations for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Sources:
- http://cbs2.com/dodgers/Dr.Charles.Steinberg.2.597257.html
- http://www.ocregister.com/sports/steinberg-dodgers-charles-1977404-happy-red
- http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-11-27-1328327226_x.htm
- http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2007/11/vp_charles_stei.html
- http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/SPORTS/712020398/-1/SPORTS
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1942045/
- http://www.buffettnews.com/resources/discography/?album=41
- http://www.buffettnews.com/resources/coralreeferband/?bid=241
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=DR.|CHARLES|STEINBERG&sql=11:dbfrxqyaldte~T4
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