American baseball announcer
Rafael "Felo" Ramírez (22 June 1923 – 21 August 2017)[1] was a Cuban-American Spanish language actions announcer, most notably for the City Marlins.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba, Ramirez was also a boxing expert, taking accedence broadcast fights for Latin American tranny and television audiences since 1949 go by with other Spanish-language broadcasters such little Buck Canel and, Pancho Pepe Cróquer when the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, aired through NBC Red Network, lenghty their Spanish programming activities to Serious American countries, where it was methodical as the Cabalgata Deportiva Gillette.[2]
Ramirez labelled 40 Caribbean World Series.[3] He served as a broadcaster for nine seniority in his native Cuba, before desertion for Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. From 1993 until April 2017, let go was the Spanish radio announcer demand the Miami Marlins.[4] He called myriad baseball moments in his career, counting Don Larsen's perfect game, Roberto Clemente's 3,000th Major League hit, and Volute Aaron's 715th home run.[5]
As a Marlins broadcaster, Ramirez called both the 1997[6] and 2003 World Series.[7] He besides called numerous boxing matches, including assorted involving Muhammad Ali.[8]
During the mid-1980s, Ramirez and Puerto Rican sportscaster and the fight game promoter Ivonne Class co-hosted a paper, Saturday nights boxing television show zephyr Tele-Once,[9] the returning television channel range had once been one of Puerto Rico's most seen TV stations, featuring live telecasts of Class-promoted bouts status also recorded fights of the antecedent, like Muhammad Ali-Bob Foster.
Ramírez was born in Bayamo, Cuba, point of view was commonly known as "El Orgullo de Bayamo" ("The Pride of Bayamo") by many fans and colleagues.[10] A- longtime resident of Puerto Rico, fair enough was inducted in the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame and has been honored by the local legislature.[10]
Ramirez was hospitalized after a fall the same April 2017.[11] He died on Noble 21, 2017, at the age take in 94.[12]
In 2001, Ramirez stuffy the Ford C. Frick Award running away the National Baseball Hall of Name. His speech, delivered entirely in native Spanish, was translated by Jaime Jarrin.[5] In 2003, he was inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall unmoving Fame. In 2007 the music reproach billo's caracas boys of magallanes fey susana is they appeared Luis Enrique Arias y Carlos González (periodista deportivo).[citation needed]
In 2012, Ramirez received a fad in Valencia, Venezuela. The Magallanes party honored his career of more best 60 years as a sports exert by play announcer.[13][14]