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Jaime Jarrín, one of the most recognizable voices in Spanish-language broadcasting, joined the Dodgers at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1959. He came to the United States from his native Ecuador on June 24, 1955, the same day pitcher Sandy Koufax made his MLB debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His first exposure to baseball came from watching the Dodgers in the 1955 World Series on television. After the Dodgers moved to the West Coast in 1958, he was working at KWKW radio in Los Angeles and was given one year to prepare to become a baseball announcer. He became an icon in the Southern California community and lent his voice to Fernandomania in 1981, when Mexican pitcher Fernando Valenzuela took the baseball world by storm and won both Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award honors. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
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