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Orestes Destrade - BR Bullpen Destrade became the only player ever to homer in his first series plate appearance 3 years in a row, accomplishing this feat versus the Tokyo Giants in '90, the Hiroshima Carp in '91 and the Yakult Swallows in '92. Destrade returned home to be closer to his father, though he now expresses regret and says he should have stayed in Japan. Destrade made his debut as a baseball commentator in 1994, when he was brought in to do guest work on the Japan Series. www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Orestes_Destrade   (585 words)

Call of the Game }>> NEWS Destrade, who was born in Cuba and played in Japan in his pre-Marlin days, may be the perfect broadcaster for the WBC as he is fluent in English, Spanish and Japanese. "Orestes will be able to talk to these players in their languages," said ESPN Senior Coordinating Producer Tim Scanlan, who wants game broadcasts to focus on how baseball integrates with the cultures of the countries. Destrade, who was scheduled to call Thursday's Korea game on XM with Steve Lenox (the voice of the Wilmington Blue Rocks and the former voice of the Batavia Muckdogs), is predicting a final four of the United States, Japan, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. www.callofthegame.com /news/index.php?itemid=1535   (353 words)

Orestes on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) ORESTES [Orestes] in Greek mythology, the only son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and brother of Electra and Iphigenia. Since it was the duty of the senior male in the house to punish the murderers, Orestes was commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime. Marlins' Orestes Destrade works to keep focus after year of distractions. www.encyclopedia.com /html/o/orestes2.asp   (351 words)

FAMOUS FACES Inc. Orestes Destrade Lifecasting Orestes Destrade, Cuban-born American, played first base during his major league career with the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Florida Marlins. Destrade, who came to the United States from Cuba with his family at the age of six, drew on those experiences to help him settle so comfortably in Japan. While playing in the Yankees’ system, Destrade became “like an older brother” to many of the young Latin American players who, unlike Destrade, were getting their first taste of the United States. www.famousfacesinc.com /orestesdestrade.htm   (372 words)

Tokyo Newsline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Interview with Orestes Destrade, former Powerhitter for the Florida Marlins and Japan's Seibu Lions The following is an interview with Orestes Destrade, former Powerhitter for the Florida Marlins and Japan's Seibu Lions, during the Major League Baseball - Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Baseball Series in Tokyo, Japan. DESTRADE: That would be interesting - not something I had thought of before, but they've got a lot of good players there. tokyonewsline.com /sportsline/orestes_destrade.html   (677 words)

Baseball Toaster : The Griddle : Baseball Tonight becomes the "clutchest" show ever Orestes Destrade is joining the merry band in Bristol as well. What Orestes Destrade loses in name recognition, he will more than likely make up for in personality. Destrade was born in Cuba, but he really became famous in Japan and he was a huge star there with four seasons of 30+ homers. griddle.baseballtoaster.com /archives/322204.html   (390 words)

Baseball Orestes appears to have come from relative obscurity having little Major League announcing experience but due to the amount of Latinos watching the games around the western hemisphere you can understand ESPN’s willingness to give Orestes the microphone. Orestes, a Cuban-American who migrated to the US before he could have memories (his parents left Cuba when he was six years old), has repeatedly stated his distaste for Cuban politics although he supports, “the boys on the team” and “sympathizes with the players.” If Orestes and all other announcers who dare to tackle the political question can leave their ignorance at the door, maybe we can all really speak baseball. www.latinosports.com /artman/publish/article_1242.shtml   (568 words)

Orestes Destrade Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac Orestes Destrade was born on Tuesday, May 8, 1962, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Destrade was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 11, 1987, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Orestes Destrade baseball stats page. www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=destror01   (311 words)

Orestes Destrade 1994 Game by Game Batting Logs Orestes Destrade appeared in 39 Major League games during the 1994 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Destrade appeared in, specifically relating to his 1994 hitting statistics. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Destrade started during that game at the first position listed in the Position(s) column. www.baseball-almanac.com /players/hittinglogs.php?p=destror01&y=1994   (148 words)

Orestes Destrade Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Sadaharu Oh-Restes Destrade: Fluent in Japanese, English, Spanish and Beisbol. Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown. View Orestes Destrade's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines, a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit www.baseball-reference.com /d/destror01.shtml   (467 words)

►► Randy Johnson Baseballs Orestes Destrade and Randy Johnson Dual Autographed MLB Baseball with Inscription On September 15, 1988, at Olympic Stadium against the Pirates, Randy Johnson struck out Orestes Destrade in the second inning for his first career strikeout. This official MLB baseball has been hand signed by both Randy Johnson and Orestes Destrade who added the inscription, "Big Unit 1st "K"". www.fansedge.com /ProductDetail.aspx?pfid=33-53372   (328 words)

Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Japanese baseball making gains on majors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Orestes Destrade went from the major leagues to Japan and back. TOKYO -- Orestes Destrade went from the major leagues to Japan and back. After leading Seibu to three straight Japan Series championships from 1990-92, Destrade joined Florida but couldn't duplicate the success he had overseas. www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2004/03/30/japanese_baseball_making_gains_on_majors   (615 words)

delawareonline ¦ The News Journal ¦ Blue Rocks announcer to call games in Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Thanks to his ties with XM satellite radio, Lenox will be part of the play-by-play coverage of the World Baseball Classic first round next month in Tokyo, one of five sites. Destrade, who played with the Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and Florida Marlins, also does work for cable network ESPN and its "Baseball Tonight" show. The XM announcing team for the event is headed by Charlie Steiner, play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Joe Castellano, a full-time XM radio announcer. www.delawareonline.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060223/CROSSROADS07/602230309/1151   (598 words)

DVD Talk Forum - ESPN's newest MLB analyst - Orestes Destrade?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) 08-12-05, 11:39 PM So I'm watching Baseball Tonight tonight, expecting to see Brantley or one of the other weekend guys, and what I get is Orestes Destrade (I had to wait for his graphic to know who he was). He had alot of success in Japan, then signed with the Marlins in their opening season in '93 and wasn't very good, but hey, he knows his baseball. Maybe a better question than how Destrade got a job is how John Kruk got one. www.dvdtalk.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-434052.html   (351 words)

Baseball More Than A Game In Japan, It's A 'Life Lesson' - from Tampa Bay Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) As a newly minted gaikokujin (or gaijin), an outsider, Destrade had heard how hard spring training was in Japan, relative to the United States. He welcomed the physical challenge and understood the value of shared strenuous activity in developing the team unity that is the foundation of Japanese baseball. Destrade, a former major- leaguer and a Tampa resident, learned to speak Japanese and parlayed his five-year stint with Seibu into a second career as a broadcaster and commercial spokesman in Japan. rays.tbo.com /rays/MGA7CBXE8SD.html   (1081 words)

Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News The newest member of the MLB Home Plate broadcast team is former major leaguer Orestes Destrade. XM announced today that Destrade will co-host MLB Home Plate's popular morning program "Baseball This Morning" with Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez. Destrade debuted on XM in 2005 as an on-air host for MLB En Espanol. www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=35329018   (754 words)

Planet Haystack: Always In Our Hearts ... SIXTO LEZCANO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Then, in the bottom of the 7th, it was Orestes and Orel discussing Panama’s Olmedo Saenz. Orestes and Orel talkin' 'bout Osmani and Olmedo (although Hershiser can turn each AB into a dissertation about mound mentality and neurological components vectoring to a trinagulation of the 2-2 slider... Right about the time I was second-guessing the decision by Cuba to pinch-hit for Urruttia in a 6-6 game in the top of the 11th, that very pinch-hitter, Yoandy Garlobo, lined the first pitch he saw cleanly into center field for an RBI single which snapped the 6-6 tie. pitchfork7.blogspot.com /2006/03/always-in-our-hearts-sixto-lezcano.html   (875 words)

Braves Journal: New guy on Baseball Tonight Whether it was as a Cuban born American helping young Latin players as he moved through the minor leagues, or as a power-hitting slugger in Japan, or as a veteran creating stability to the expansion Florida Marlins in their first year, Orestes Destrade has been a leader. In 1989, his first season in Japan, Destrade hit 32 home runs in only 83 games, after joining the Lions in late May. With Destrade in the lineup, the Lions made up 11 ½ games in the standings and moved to first place in August. Destrade started his professional baseball career in the Yankees minor league system after college. www.bravesbeat.com /bravesjournal/archives/2005/08/new_guy_on_base.html   (456 words)

Stone Court I am a big fan of XM Satellite Radio, because it carries every major league baseball game, plus a 24/7/365 baseball talk channel (yes, and Air America and the BBC). I was surprised and disappointed recently when Orestes Destrade joined XM's "Baseball this Morning" and was quickly (and repeatedly) nicknamed "the Latino" by his co-hosts, Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez. But today, in the introductory segment, Destrade introduced himself with the apropos-of-nothing (and poorly pronounced) "shalom" and Patrick began with a reference to his "white trash" point of view. thurgood.blogspot.com /2006_04_01_thurgood_archive.html   (2585 words)

AdNotas -News- XM Satellite Radio is set to launch MLB2 en Español, the first Spanish-language baseball play-by-play and call-in channel. MLB2 also will offer Orestes Destrade’s daily show, “Solamente Pelota,” which will feature news, listener call-ins, and interviews. Orestes Destrade, who spent fifteen years as a professional baseball player and has extensive experience as both a radio host and color commentator, will offer his knowledge of the game on XM MLB2 en Español (Channel 190) weekdays from 3 p.m. www.adnotas.com /cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=16496   (96 words)

Orestes Destrade 1988 Game by Game Batting Logs Orestes Destrade 1988 Game by Game Batting Logs Orestes Destrade appeared in 36 Major League games during the 1988 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Destrade appeared in, specifically relating to his 1988 hitting statistics. www.baseball-almanac.com /players/hittinglogs.php?p=destror01&y=1988   (148 words)

Game Thread: Korea v. Taiwan (World Baseball Classic) - RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball ... Orestes Destrade (remember him?), who knows a thing or two about playing ball in Asia, is doing color commentary. I have enjoyed hearing Orestes Destrade on the XM. Good stuff, but Orestes Destrade actually beat you to the punch last night. www.redszone.com /forums/showthread.php?t=43444   (1126 words)

MLB back on XM Satellite Radio - Orbitcast.com Also, Orestes Destrade will co-host MLB Home Plate's morning program "Baseball This Morning" with Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez. Destrade debuted on XM Satellite Radio in 2005 as an on-air host for MLB En Espanol. If you are not logged in through TypeKey, your comment will need to be approved by Orbitcast before it will appear. www.orbitcast.com /archives/mlb-back-on-xm-satellite-radio.html   (469 words)

SportingNews.com - Baseball : 10 years later, original Marlins look back This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of that game, and the franchise's future no longer appears so promising. Destrade was nearly jeered out of town when his batting average sank into the.220s. Hough is taking a break from baseball after stints as pitching coach for the Mets and Dodgers. archive.sportingnews.com /baseball/articles/20030405/467178.html   (1252 words)

Planet Haystack: Kimonos and sake for everybody! It only seemed natural that a CUBAN who played four years professionally in JAPAN would be in the broadcast booth for a Cuba-Japan championship, but EspyTime opted to go with Joe Morgan to make either fairly-obvious observations or ones which were incomplete. Shortly after that mild political observation, Destrade remarked that the catcher made a great stop on a near-wild pitch, a la Grant Fuhr. Leave it to Sadaharu to pinch-hit Fukudome in the 7th – and leave it to “The Fook” (if that’s what they call him) to clout that 2-run homer (after Nobuhiko Matsunaka rifled that leadoff double into the corner) to snap the 0-0 tie and kick-start the 5-run rally. pitchfork7.blogspot.com /2006/03/kimonos-and-sake-for-everybody.html   (564 words)

AU: Anaheim University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) DESTRADE: Anaheim would be good too ­ they¹ve got good hitters. DESTRADE: That would be interesting ­ not something I had thought of before, but they¹ve got a lot of good players there. Click here to read an exclusive interview with Orestes Destrade, former Powerhitter for the Florida Marlins and Japan's Seibu Lions www.anaheim.edu /aupress/baseball/destrade.shtml   (1007 words)

ESPN.com: Greg Colbrunn Career Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Spent his first full major league season without visiting the disabled list after making the Marlins Opening Day roster for the second consecutive year... His 23 home runs as a first baseman broke Orestes Destrade club record of 20 set in 1993... Became the fourth Marlin to hit 20 homers in a season (Orestes Destrade, 20 in 1993; Gary Sheffield, 27 in 1994; Jeff Conine, 25 in 1995... espn.go.com /mlb/profiles/notes/4880.html   (319 words)

ESPN.com - MLB - Orestes Destrade - Florida Marlins - Player Card   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) ESPN.com - MLB - Orestes Destrade - Florida Marlins - Player Card Through June 29 - Current stats updated real-time, Career stats updated nightly. Orestes Destrade has not been involved in any transactions this season. sports.espn.go.com /mlb/players/profile?statsId=3955   (43 words)

Rays: Rays tales SWING CLUB: Former big-leaguer Orestes Destrade, who does some community relations work for the Rays and looks at age 42 like he could still play, had plenty of chances to reminisce last week when Randy Johnson recorded his 4,000th strikeout. That's because 16 years ago, on Sept. 15, 1988, Destrade was Johnson's first strikeout victim. "Of course I remember it; I think you remember any time you face Randy Johnson," Destrade said. www.sptimes.com /2004/07/04/news_pf/Rays/Rays_tales.shtml   (453 words)

Tino Taking His Game To 'Baseball Tonight'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Also, Tampa resident and former major-leaguer Orestes Destrade, who joined the "Baseball Tonight" cast last season, will return to that role this year and will be in the booth as an ESPN analyst for seven games of the World Baseball Classic in March. He'll make his debut as an analyst on ESPN's nightly show in April. Destrade's first World Baseball Classic broadcast is March 8, Cuba vs. Panama, from Puerto Rico. www.tbo.com /sports/rays/MGB8AVTYYJE.html   (181 words)

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