Bobbv Maduro

In pre-castro days Maduro was one of the wealthiest men in Cuba, owning a bus line, an insurance company, sugar cane fields & cattle. He was the owner of Cuban Suguar Kings baseball team. He came to Miami on April 5, 1961, with $5 in his pocket.

"I came to the States to see my wife and seven kids," he once told The Miami News. "I thought I'd stay three to four days, then go back." But the Bay of Pigs invasion of April 17 changed his mind.

Friends in baseball helped him out and by 1962 he was able to secure a loan to buy the Jacksonville minor league baseball team.

He was involved in all aspects ofthe sport from his days as first baseman for the Vedado Tennis Club amateur baseball team in Havana through the ownership of several teams. In exile he served as a special assistant for Latin American affairs to former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

Some of the roles he took on during his life included amateur ballplayer, owner of several clubs (most notably, the Havana Sugar Kings), stadium builder, general manager, agent. scout, youth baseball organizer, and diplomat. He even founded the short-lived Inter- of 1979.

Bobby Maduro passed away at age 70, on October 1986.

Felo Ramirez

Ramirez has been the Spanish "Voice of the Marlins" since the birth of the franchise in 1993. He has called all of the Club's four no-hitters by AI Leiter (1996), Kevin Brown (1997), A.J. Burnett (2001) and Anibal Sanchez (2006) as well as the 1997 and 2003 championship seasons.

As one of the most recognizable voices in sports broadcasting, Ramirez was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on August 5, 2001 as the Ford C. Frick Award winner. a tribute presented each year by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for "major contributions to the game of baseball." ~ f: ! L,S;·.. j 0::: :::C For more than 35 years, he has been the play-by-play voice of professional baseball in Puerto Rico, Nicaragua a~ o Venezuela. Ramirez'S baseball coverage on CMQ Radio in Habana, Cuba (1953-61), was highly regarded amonb U- journalists in Latin America. Felo has been the voice of, all but nine, Caribbean since 1949. ;\.~. n ,I'·"'''''*'' A true pioneer of baseball broadcasting in his native Cuba, Ramirez was Hispanic broadcaster to have his 0 Z narration included in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, with his call of 's 715th home . his call of .. ~.-- <..) 0 Roberto Clemente's 3000th hit and 's during Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. ffl LU ~ ! He has lent his voice to more than 32 World Series and All-Star Games. and was recognized by former f'<- ex:: ,0 r Commissioner Bowie Kuhn in 1980 for his extensive contribution to promoting baseball in Latin America from the t"~: U <5­ broadcast booth. ~ ..--J ~ ro CO ~- Felo Ramirez is also a member of the Puerto Rican National Sports Museum (class of 2004). A life-size statue of ~ :::::> UJ Felo was erected during the inaugural event of the National Sports Museum in Guaynabo, PR commemorating hiS a... I-­ valuable contributions to the game of baseball. W ­

Florida Marlins, L.P. is a franchise and is a member of the East Division. The Marlins recently finished playing in their 18th Championship season. The Club was granted a franchise on July 5, 1991 and its first game and win came on April 5, 1993 against the .

10 01'23(0- Subm;ita..(.- 2oc'c'~'1 (f,('Ld r-o "-'" The Marlins won their first of two World Series Championships on October 26, 1997, in the deciding game of a seven­ game series over the Cleveland Indians. At the time, the Marlins became the quickest expansion franchise ever to win a title in Major League Baseball history. The Marlins won their second World Championship on October 25, 2003, in six games over the Yankees.

Florida Marlins, L.P. is owned by Jeffrey H. Loria who officially purchased the Club on February 16, 2002. Mr. Loria previously owned the Montreal Expos from December 1999 until his purchase of the Marlins.

ORANGE BOWL WAY

The historic Orange Bowl stadium opened December 10th 1937 for the Miami Hurricanes football team. It was built with a seating capacity 74,476. The Orange Bowl has played host to some of the most memorable collegiate and professional football contests in history. It has been a part of 16 National championships - including three University of Miami National Championships - five Super Bowls and the 1972 Miami Dolphins Perfect Season.

The Orange Bowl is also the site of the NCAA's longest college football winning streak. Between 1985 and 1994, the University of Miami Hurricanes won 58 straight home games. The Miami Dolphins also set an NFL record for most consecutive home games won at the Orange Bowl, 31.

The Orange Bowl Stadium has a rich history as a venue for soccer, as well, including the 1996 Summer Olympics soccer games and the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which showcases the finest men's national teams from North America and South America. Other premier soccer events hosted at the stadium include the Marlboro Soccer Cup and the AC Milan Soccer Game.

The stadium played host to such events as President Kennedy's Cuban Missile Crisis Speech, and concerts such as the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Prince and many others.

It was the home of the University of Miami Hurricanes for more than 60 years and the home of the NFL's Miami Dolphins for more than 20 years, as well. And it was, of course, the site of the annual Orange Bowl game, from which it took its name, for decades

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