Description
Book Synopsis 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.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Curt Smith
- Introduction
- Jorge Iber and Anthony R. Salazar
- 1. Legends
- Buck Canel
- Luis Rodríguez-Mayoral
- René Cárdenas
- Francisco Romero and Jorge Iber
- Jaime Jarrín
- Richard A. Santillán and Frank C. Moreno
- Felo Ramírez
- Lou Hernández
- 2. Veterans
- Eduardo Ortega
- Jorge Iber
- Orlando Sánchez-Diago
- Jorge Iber
- Amaury Pi-González
- Jorge Iber
- Uri Berenguer
- Bill Nowlin
- Luis Rodríguez-Mayoral
- Lou Hernández
- Héctor Molina
- Juan Jose Rodríguez
- Tony Oliva
- César Brioso
- Jorge Jarrín
- Scott Melesky
- Pepe Yñiguez
- Scott Melesky
- 3. Newer Voices
- Francisco Romero
- Jorge Iber
- Junior Pepén
- Bill Nowlin
- Jessica Mendoza
- Roberto Avant-Mier and Patrick J. McConnell
- Conclusion
- Jorge Iber
- About the Contributors
- Index
