By City News Service
A sellout crowd is expected at Dodger Stadium Saturday for Jaime Jarrin Bobblehead Night, honoring the Los Angeles Dodgers' longtime Spanish-language announcer.
Jarrin began broadcasting Dodger games in 1959 and became the team's top Spanish-language announcer in 1973. He never missed a broadcast from 1962- 1984, calling nearly 4,000 consecutive games. The streak ended when Jarrin took charge of all the Spanish-language radio coverage and production for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Jarrin has called more than 8,200 regular-season games, 21 All-Star Games, more than 100 postseason games and 26 World Series. His honors include the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the Baseball Hall of Fame, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
A native of Ecuador, Jarrin arrived in the United States in 1955, having never seen a baseball game. He began regularly attending Pacific Coast League games at Los Angeles' since-demolished Gilmore Field and Wrigley Field from 1955 through 1957 to learn the game. When the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, Jarrin was given one year to prepare to become a baseball broadcaster by William Beaton, the station manager at KWKW-AM (1330).
Auto and stadium gates will open at 1:45 p.m. for the 4:10 p.m. game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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