René Cárdenas, pioneer in Spanish-language broadcasts of MLB games, dies at 96‎

René Cárdenas, the first Spanish-language broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers during a 60-year career, has died. The Astros said Monday that Cárdenas died Sunday at his home in Houston. Cárdenas joined the Dodgers when they moved to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958.