Chivas Guadalajara debut on Telemundo about a month away
Thursday, 03 July 08, 01:02 PM · Comments(2)
To avoid any future misunderstandings, Chivas Guadalajara home matches will no longer air on the Univisión family of networks (thank heaven for that). Telemundo's coverage of one of Mexico's (as well as in the USA) most popular teams starts with the third round of the 2008 Apertura season. On Sunday, August 9, Guadalajara hosts Monterrey in what will be one of its last matches at the Estadio Jalisco before it moves to its new stomping grounds (Estadio Chivas) in nearby Zapopan.
I wanted to clear this up because some Chivas fans are under the impression that the Big T will begin its home game coverage in 2009, which is not the case.
For now it looks like Andrés Cantor will handle the play-by-play duties while Alejandro Blanco will take care of the commentary.
If I remember correctly I believe this is the first time since 2003 that the Hialeah, Florida-based network has had any type of Mexican League matches, when it aired Jaguares de Chiapas and Atlante (then in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl) home games.
Guadalajara will benefit greatly from Telemundo's coverage of its home games because, if you're a fan of the Rebaño you no longer will have to put up with Pablo "Torre de Jalisco" Ramírez's horrendous play-by-play in addition to his idiotic phrases which will never catch on. Plus, Jesús Bracamontes steps aside as well...so that means no more Elmer Fudd impressions from him. By the way, he's better known for being the father of Jacqueline Bracamontes, a former Miss Mexico.
Another thing, the "Torre de Jalisco" moniker doesn't fit Pablo. He's actually from Sinaloa, a state to the northwest of Jalisco! Oh, and one of the phrases that he uses during the games happens to be from Jorge Ramos' arsenal of catchphrases. Okay, it's the one referring to the center circle, which Mr. Ramos call "el ombligo de la cancha", the navel of the pitch. Veeeery original Pablo! Nothing like stealing from the "announcer of the Americas".
Let's hope that this is the beginning of something great--less coverage of the Mexican Primera on Univisión. It's a win-win situation folks!
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actually when cantor left univision i noticed that at the end of the games i wasnt annoyed. Cantor has a really annoying voice. while in the other hand Ramirez tells some funny jokes and makes mexican soccer a bit more exciting and more fun to watch. Mexican soccer is going down and MLS is going up so really Univision isn't really losing anything. i go for chivas but i might just stop watching them after telemundo starts showing there games and go for chivas usa. whats the difference? they are both owned by the same guy. And Univision Might start broadcasting MLS so thats going to be cool.
You're one of the few that actually enjoy hearing Ramirez. He's a better sports anchor than he is a play-by-play announcer. I remember him watching him present a sports segment at the Televisa affiliate in Guadalajara (Canal 4) before leaving for Univision and he was pretty good. I'd rather see him as a host on Contacto Deportivo (now that he's in the US) than suffer through his horrendous play-by-play. Cantor is an improvement from Ramirez, but there's a better commentator than both of them combined, and that would be ESPN Deportes Radio's Jorge Ramos. I'll be comparing the Spanish-language commentators in a future blog.