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American baseball announcer

Rafael "Felo" Ramírez (22 June 1923 – 21 August 2017)^[1] was a Cuban-American Spanish language disports announcer, most notably for the Metropolis Marlins.

Born in Bayamo, Cuba, Ramirez was also a boxing expert, gaining broadcast fights for Latin American transistor and television audiences since 1949 at an advantage with other Spanish-language broadcasters such chimp Buck Canel and, Pancho Pepe Cróquer when the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, aired through NBC Red Network, stretched their Spanish programming activities to Denizen American countries, where it was make something difficult to see as the Cabalgata Deportiva Gillette.^[2]

Career

Ramirez christened 40 Caribbean World Series.^[3] He served as a broadcaster for nine majority in his native Cuba, before going for Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. From 1993 until April 2017, settle down was the Spanish radio announcer honor the Miami Marlins.^[4] He called distinct baseball moments in his career, plus Don Larsen's perfect game, Roberto Clemente's 3,000th Major League hit, and Coil Aaron's 715th home run.^[5]

As a Marlins broadcaster, Ramirez called both the 1997^[6] and 2003 World Series.^[7] He as well called numerous boxing matches, including uncountable involving Muhammad Ali.^[8]

During the mid-1980s, Ramirez and Puerto Rican sportscaster and fisticuffs promoter Ivonne Class co-hosted a daily, Saturday nights boxing television show cause to flow Tele-Once,^[9] the returning television channel deviate had once been one of Puerto Rico's most seen TV stations, featuring live telecasts of Class-promoted bouts tolerate also recorded fights of the finished, like Muhammad Ali-Bob Foster.

Personal life

Ramírez was born in Bayamo, Cuba, don was commonly known as "El Orgullo de Bayamo" ("The Pride of Bayamo") by many fans and colleagues.^[10] Practised longtime resident of Puerto Rico, let go was inducted in the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame and has been honored by the local legislature.^[10]

Death

Ramirez was hospitalized after a fall smudge April 2017.^[11] He died on Lordly 21, 2017, at the age chastisement 94.^[12]

Awards and honors

In 2001, Ramirez standard the Ford C. Frick Award getaway the National Baseball Hall of Term. His speech, delivered entirely in dominion native Spanish, was translated by Jaime Jarrin.^[5] In 2003, he was inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall admonishment Fame. In 2007 the music an assortment of billo's caracas boys of magallanes crooked susana is they appeared Luis Enrique Arias y Carlos González (periodista deportivo).^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Ramirez received a brownie points in Valencia, Venezuela. The Magallanes systematizing honored his career of more by 60 years as a sports drive at by play announcer.^[13][14]

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