Pedro Gomez, ESPN Reporter, Talks Benefits Of Being Bilingual While Covering MLB Sports
Posted in: Today's ChiliPedro Gomez, the son of Cuban immigrants to the United States, knows his translations mean a lot to the players, and he has known that since long before he was on the air.
“I can tell you that, before ESPN, when I was a print journalist, the Latin players all knew that I spoke Spanish, whether I spoke with them directly or word spread through baseball. When I walk into a Major League Clubhouse, the Latin players will gravitate toward me because they know they can communicate with an American journalist in their native language. They are so much more at ease.”
As I recall, the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Home Run Derby in San Francisco that season featured a duel between Vladimir Guerrero, then of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Alex Rios of the Chicago White Sox.
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