Eduardo Ortega, who has called 25 World Series and four World Baseball Classics in addition to role with Padres, returns to Mexico City for weekend series against Giants
It was a cold December night in Mexicali, in a ballpark that was far more empty than full, and the warm embrace of Eduardo Ortega’s voice made it feel like home.
“That’s the way I feel the game,” Ortega said of a style that is part grandfather telling stories to the kids gathered around his feet, a little bit Shakespearean and the occasional“Honestly, like in terms of just in terms of pure broadcasting, he’s the highest standard of what we all aim for,” said Pedro Gutierrez, who works with Ortega on the Padres’ Spanish-language radio broadcasts on 860-AM.
San Diego, CA - April 18: Padres Spanish radio announcer Eduardo Ortega does his pregame announcements prior to the Padres game against the Braves at Petco Park on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 in San Diego, CA. Ortega, a native of Tijuana, will be 60 in June. He no longer makes the arduous and sometimes perilous bus trips or takes the commercial flights teams in Mexico’s winter league do.
He began his career calling games for the Tijuana Potros almost 40 years ago. He has called 20 World Series and 17 Caribbean Series and was the lead Spanish-language play-by-play voice for four World Baseball Classics. Orsillo experienced how true that is working on radio alongside Ortega in 2016, when the Padres played two exhibitions against the Astros here near the end of spring training.
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