Full Description
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
Table of Contents
Foreword
deleteCurt Smith
Introduction
deleteJorge Iber and Anthony R. Salazar
1. Legends
Buck Canel
deleteLuis Rodríguez-Mayoral
René Cárdenas
deleteFrancisco Romero and Jorge Iber
Jaime Jarrín
deleteRichard A. Santillán and Frank C. Moreno
Felo Ramírez
deleteLou Hernández
2. Veterans
Eduardo Ortega
deleteJorge Iber
Orlando Sánchez-Diago
deleteJorge Iber
Amaury Pi-González
deleteJorge Iber
Uri Berenguer
deleteBill Nowlin
Luis Rodríguez-Mayoral
deleteLou Hernández
Héctor Molina
deleteJuan Jose Rodríguez
Tony Oliva
deleteCésar Brioso
Jorge Jarrín
deleteScott Melesky
Pepe Yñiguez
deleteScott Melesky
3. Newer Voices
Francisco Romero
deleteJorge Iber
Junior Pepén
deleteBill Nowlin
Jessica Mendoza
deleteRoberto Avant-Mier and Patrick J. McConnell
Conclusion
deleteJorge Iber
About the Contributors
Index
