22.09.2006 13:00:00
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Fox Sports en Espanol Acquires National Rights to Landmark Five-Part Series on the Life of Ozzie Guillen; Live MLB Post Season Action Returns to Fox Sports en Espanol for 6th Consecutive Year
Showcasing Guillen's family life and his years as a baseballplayer and manager, as well as his personal and challenging journeyfrom his youth in Venezuela to today, each episode of "A mi manera"will take viewers inside the life of one of baseball's most popularand respected personalities. Narrated in Spanish by Guillen's son,Oney Guillen, "A mi manera" features interviews with some of thegame's biggest names, including Albert Pujols, Ivan Rodriguez, JohanSantana, Javy Lopez, Moises Alou, Omar Minaya, Jose Guillen, MiguelCabrera, and Carlos Zambrano. The five-part series also includesinterviews with players and coaches from his current White Sox roster,including Freddy Garcia, Jose Contreras, Pablo Ozuna, Sandy Alomar,Alex Cintron, and Joey Cora, as well as his wife Ibis and threechildren Ozzie Jr., Oney and Ozney.
The third and fourth episodes of "A mi manera" will air on Friday,September 29, starting at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT; while the fifthepisode will air on Monday, October 2, at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT."A mi manera," presented by Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana ChevyDealers and United Auto Insurance Group, originally premiered lastmonth in Chicago on Comcast SportsNet.
"We are delighted to be able to bring this groundbreakingdocumentary to our viewers across the country," said David Sternberg,executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports en Espanol."Ozzie Guillen's inspirational story should appeal to baseball andLatino sports fans no matter where they live. It's a wonderful exampleof the 'American Dream' in action, and a unique programmingacquisition that provides the perfect lead-in for our exclusivecoverage of the MLB post season during the coming weeks."
For the sixth consecutive year, Fox Sports en Espanol will offerlive and exclusive Spanish-language coverage of the Major LeagueBaseball (MLB) postseason, including a selection of MLB DivisionalSeries games, the National and American League Championships, and theWorld Series.
Fox Sports en Espanol's Jose Tolentino and Luis Rodriguez willprovide in-studio commentary and analysis, while play-by-playresponsibilities will be shared by Pepe Mantilla and Francisco Rivera.Additional broadcasters may be added to Fox Sports en Espanol's MLBpostseason coverage as needed.
A complete telecast schedule of Fox Sports en Espanol's MLBpostseason coverage will be announced at a later date once theparticipating teams have been finalized.
About Fox Sports en Espanol
Fox Sports en Espanol features more than 1,500 hours of live,exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions,English SAP each year, including the Copa Toyota Libertadores, CopaNissan Sudamericana, CONCACAF Copa de Campeones, InterLiga(TM) and theFIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseballplayoffs, All-Star Game and World Series; and championship boxing fromMexico and the U.S. The channel reaches more than 9 million cable andsatellite households in the country, of which 4.3 million are U.S.Hispanic households.
Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Groupand operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sportsprogramming and production entity jointly owned by Hicks, Muse, Tate &Furst and News Corporation's (NYSE:NWS) Fox Sports International. Formore information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at www.fse.tv.
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