04/19/24
August 26, 2003
Blind man calls game. (NPR audio feed, RealAudio or WMP): Alan Tomlinson reports from St. Petersburg, Fla., on Enrique Oliu, a blind man who does Spanish radio commentary on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Oliu calls the game with the help of his wife and his remarkable memory for baseball statistics. I awoke to this story playing out on the radio this morning. I thought it was sweet.
posted by worldcup2002 to baseball at 12:25 PM - 4 comments
I've already seen a blind man call a game.
posted by wfrazerjr at 07:19 PM on August 26, 2003
I saw this on TV at some point recently and, to give it some perspective, he is doing the colour commentary rather than the play-by-play. When you read 'calls game' and 'radio commentary' he's not actually watching the game and calling the action (because, well, he's blind and can't do that). But he is drawing upon his baseball knowledge to be a part of the broadcast team. Which is still pretty cool.
posted by gspm at 04:54 AM on August 27, 2003
To give it more perspective, it's like he's a man who's other senses became stronger after he lost his sight. It's as if he is: 
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:02 AM on August 27, 2003
I thought they were talking about an umpire. Zing!