Coral Gables, Fla. (VIP-WIRE). “Beards are sweat blotters and archives of all kinds of beverages, such as coffee and alcoholic beverages”… Joseph McKadew.-
Today Tuesday and tomorrow Wednesday are Mail Days. Please, send your name and the town or city from where you write.
Leobardo Barragán, from Yauco, Puerto Rico, asks…: “How were the first baseball radio broadcasts from the United States to Latin America, with the World Series, possible and why so long ago, 86 years ago, because, according to you. published, did they occur in 1936?
Friend Leo…: There was a very special reason, which made these transmissions necessary. And it was the proximity of World War II.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt decided that all of Latin America had to be kept very well informed, so he launched several formulas, including those broadcasts of the World Series, for which they used an NBC shortwave transmitter.
Any radio station or chain of radio stations could take and reproduce the signal, free of charge. Buck Canel brought from Havana, to accompany him in this work, the Cuban narrator René (Cañitas) Cañizares.
Víctor Díaz R., from Monclova, asks…: “Who was the better shortstop: Carl Ripken, Derek Jéter or Alex Rodríguez?”. Victorian friend…: Derek Jeter.
Enrique Sifontes, from Maracay, asks…: “Who was the first Major League player?” Friend Quique…: It doesn’t exist, because the first Major League, the National Association, which brought together nine teams, was inaugurated in 1881 with four games, so it logically put 72 players in action at the same time.
That League began with teams in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, New York, Washington, Troy, Cleveland, Fort Wayne, and Rockford.
Rodolfo Briones, from Aguas Calientes, asks…: “Do Mexicans who have played in the Major Leagues receive a pension from the Players Association?” Friend Ruddy…: Yes, sir, just like those born anywhere else.
Danilo Rodríguez, from Puerto La Cruz, asks…: “A narrator said that the defensive players are the first baseman, the second baseman, the third baseman and the shortstop. And the pitcher and the catcher?
Friend Nilo…: And the three outfielders?! The only one who doesn’t appear defensive is the DH. Well, this confirms how poorly prepared those who broadcast baseball today are, who should prepare for such a delicate and public end.
Thanks to life that has given me so much, even a reader like you.
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