The Dodgers and Fox Sports are doing something very cool today.
If you've ever wondered what a Spanish telecast of a Dodger game would be like, today's your chance to find out. The Dodgers will be presenting their usual English telecast on FS Prime Ticket with Vin Scully, but they will also be presenting their first-ever Spanish telecast over on FS West with Jaime Jarrin, Pepe Yniguez and Fernando.
Imagine, 60 years of Vin Scully on one side, and 51 years of Jaime Jarrin on the other. And for Jarrin, this will be a long overdo affair. This will be his first ever Dodger telecast.
The Spanish-cast will be a simulcast on radio on 930 AM La Ranchera in Los Angeles, with Jarrin doing the first three and last three innings of play-by-play, and Yniguez doing the middle three. Fernando will provide color for the entire simulcast.
Spanish-language graphics and commercials will also be part of the telecast.
Jarrin said he proposed the idea of a Spanish telecast back in the 1980s, but as he pointed out, things were different back then. Broadcasting rights prevented it from ever transpiring back then, but because of the availability of so many channels now through cable, the Dodgers and Fox Sports were able to make it happen this time around.
And if all goes well today, Jarrin says they hope to do this about once a month next season.
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