Beisbol on the Air : Essays on Major League Spanish-Language Broadcasters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iber, Jorge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball announcers--United States--Biography.

Baseball announcers.

Hispanic Americans in television broadcasting--History.

Hispanic Americans in television broadcasting.

Major League Baseball (Organization)--History.

Major League Baseball (Organization).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2024.

Summary:

"Both the U.S. population and Major League Baseball rosters have seen dramatic demographic changes over the past 50 years. The nation and the sport are becoming multilingual, with Spanish the unofficial second language. Today, 21 of 30 MLB teams broadcast at least some games in Spanish. Filling a gap in the literature of baseball, this collection of new essays examines the history of the game in Spanish, from the earliest locutores who called the plays for Latin American audiences to the League's expansion into cities with large Latino populations--Los Angeles, Houston and Miami to name a few--that made talented sportscasters for the fanaticos a business necessity."

Contents:

Cover

Introduction

Foreword

1. Legends

Buck Canel

René Cárdenas

Jamie Jarrín

Felo Ramírez

2. Veterans

Eduardo Ortega

Orlando ­Sánchez-Diago

Amaury ­Pi-González

Uri Berenguer

Luis ­Rodríguez-Mayoral

Héctor Molina

Tony Oliva

Jorge Jarrín

Pepe Yñiguez

3. Newer Voices

Francisco Romero

Junior Pepén

Jessica Mendoza

Conclusion

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Iber, Jorge Beisbol on the Air

ISBN:

9781476649375

1476649375