Rene Cardenas, broadcaster since 1958 and the man who called Astros games in Spanish for 16 seasons (1962-1977), is on the ballot for the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award.
Final voting for the award will be conducted by a 20-member electorate, comprised of the 15 living Frick Award recipients and five broadcast historians/columnists.
Including Gene Elston and Milo Hamilton.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Rene Cardenas a finalist for Ford C. Frick Award
Former Astros broadcaster Rene Cardenas is among 10 finalists for the Ford C. Frick Award - for excellence in baseball broadcasting - by the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Cardenas created the first Spanish-language broadcast for MLB in 1958, and was the Astros play-by-play guy for 16 years.
Cardenas created the first Spanish-language broadcast for MLB in 1958, and was the Astros play-by-play guy for 16 years.
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