Felo Ramírez
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Rafael Ramírez (born ca. 1921) is the Cuba
n-American
Spanish language
radio voice of the Miami Marlins. Ramirez is also a boxing
expert, having broadcast fights for Latin American radio and television audiences since 1948 (along with other Spanish language broadcasters such as Buck Canel
and Ivonne Class).
Ramírez was born in Bayamo
, Cuba
, and is commonly known as "El Orgullo de Bayamo" ("The Pride of Bayamo") by many fans and colleagues. A long time resident of Puerto Rico
, he was inducted in the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame and has been honored by the local legislature.
In 2001, Ramirez received the Ford C. Frick Award
by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
radio voice of the Miami Marlins. Ramirez is also a boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
expert, having broadcast fights for Latin American radio and television audiences since 1948 (along with other Spanish language broadcasters such as Buck Canel
Buck Canel
Eloy "Buck" Canel was an American Spanish language sportscaster of Major League Baseball games. Canel was born in Argentina when his father was working for the Spain consulate in that country. He won the 1985 Ford C. Frick Award. He began his career in journalism...
and Ivonne Class).
Ramírez was born in Bayamo
Bayamo
Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamon River...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, and is commonly known as "El Orgullo de Bayamo" ("The Pride of Bayamo") by many fans and colleagues. A long time resident of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, he was inducted in the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame and has been honored by the local legislature.
In 2001, Ramirez received the Ford C. Frick Award
Ford C. Frick Award
The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in the United States to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball." It is named for Ford Christopher Frick, former Commissioner of Major League Baseball...
by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.