Dodgers first full-time Spanish-language broadcaster René Cárdenas passed away at 96

Source: New York Post

René Cárdenas, a broadcasting pioneer who became the first full-time Spanish-language broadcaster for domestic audiences in MLB history when he began working for the Dodgers in 1958, has died at 96 years old. According to the Astros, one of three teams Cárdenas worked for during his decades-long career, he passed away at his home in Houston on Sunday. René Cárdenas became the first full-time Spanish-language broadcaster for domestic audiences in MLB history when he began working for the Dodgers in 1958.