Eduardo Ortega (born 1963) is a Mexican-American baseball broadcaster. He has worked as the Spanish language broadcaster of the

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(MLB) since 1987. Born in

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, Ortega began announcing baseball for the

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in his hometown when he was 20 years old. Four years later, he was hired by the Padres. He works for

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during the

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, and has also announced the

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and

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. He was a finalist for the

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in the 2013 balloting, and was again a finalist in

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. During the MLB offseason, Ortega also works as a broadcaster for the Águilas de Mexicali of the

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. Ortega is a member of the Tijuana Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in 2004, and the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame, inducted in 2013. In 1998, Ortega was named Tijuana’s sports ambassador.

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Living people American radio sports announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters Mexican emigrants to the United States San Diego Padres announcers Sportspeople from Tijuana American sportspeople of Mexican descent 1963 births {{Mexico-bio-stub