ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a special telecast featuring the Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics on September 21, at 10 p.m. ET. Regular Wednesday Night Baseball commentators – analyst Nomar Garciaparra and reporter Pedro Gomez – will be joined by ESPN Deportes’ Alvaro Martin (play-by-play) and Candy Maldonado (analyst), as well as reporter Jessica Mendoza (an espnW.com contributor).  

The telecast will incorporate several unique elements including: 

• the use of Spanish-language commentary at select times during the ESPN telecast (e.g., play-by-play of a home run or great defensive play in Spanish);
• Spanish-language graphics when displaying a player’s statistics this season (e.g., batting average, home runs, RBI, etc.);
• graphics in Spanish, with English translation, when addressing a variety of topics throughout the telecast. 

Additionally, the telecast will include discussion on the following: 

• the first Hispanic players in MLB;
• notable Hispanic MLB and Negro League players in the Hall of Fame;
• the first Hispanic player to throw a no-hitter; reach 3,000 hits; toss a perfect game;
• the first Hispanic general manager; owner; manager to win a World Series, etc. 

The Rangers/Athletics game will also be available via ESPN3 and ESPN Mobile TV.

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