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American baseball announcer

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

Born in Bayamo, Cuba, Ramirez was also a boxing expert, having broadcast fights for Latin American radio and television audiences since 1949 along with other Spanish-language broadcasters such as Buck Canel and, Pancho Pepe Cróquer when the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, aired through NBC Red Network, extended their Spanish programming activities to Latin American countries, where it was known as the Cabalgata Deportiva Gillette.^[2]

Career

Ramirez called 40 Caribbean World Series.^[3] He served as a broadcaster for nine years in his native Cuba, before leaving for Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

From 1993 until April 2017, he was the Spanish radio announcer for the Miami Marlins.^[4] He called many baseball moments in his career, including