The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 5 - A Chat with Blind MLB Broadcaster Enrique Oliu
In Episode 5 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, Greg Lindberg chats with Enrique Oliu, the longtime color commentator for the Tampa Bay Rays’ Spanish radio broadcasts. Oliu, who is totally blind, discusses:
- Why he immigrated from Nicaragua to Costa Rica and then to Florida
- How he lost his eyesight
- His experience attending the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
- How he initially got into broadcasting
- How he joined the Rays’ Spanish broadcast team in their inaugural season of 1998
- How he prepares for each game broadcast
- The Rays’ 2008 run to the World Series
- How he actually does his job as a blind broadcaster
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