Having served as the Dodgers’ Spanish-language broadcaster since 1959, Jarrín inspired countless others to follow in his footsteps.
Long before he became the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Spanish-language play-by-play radio broadcaster, Oscar Soria was a teenager growing up in his hometown Hermosillo, Mexico.
He already loved baseball and had an interest in broadcasting. He had already been enthralled by Fernandomania, the phenomenon named after Fernando Valenzuela, the left-handed rookie pitcher from Mexico whose impressive start with the Los Angeles Dodgers captivated Southern California and his home country in 1981.