Jorge Jarrín departs LA's father-son booth
Dodgers radio broadcaster Jorge Jarrín, son of legendary Spanish voice Jaime Jarrín, announced his retirement Thursday following a 35-year career that began with traffic coverage at KABC radio and ended when he and his father called the final out of the 2020 World Series, which the Dodgers won to snap a 32-year championship drought.
Jorge Jarrín began broadcasting baseball in 2001 and joined the Dodgers in ’04 as the club's manager of radio broadcast sales and Hispanic initiatives. In ’12, he joined former Dodgers player Manny Mota on the television broadcast. He then joined his father in the radio booth in ’15, forming the first father-son duo to broadcast baseball on MLB Spanish-language radio.
“You would think this would be a very difficult decision to make, but I just knew the time was right and I leave with a tremendous sense of gratitude for the Dodger organization," Jorge Jarrín said. "To end with a world championship is the cherry on top of a dream 32 years in the making. Fortunately for our fans, my dad -- the Marathon Man -- will continue.”
Jaime Jarrín has broadcast Dodgers baseball on the radio since 1959. He was honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame with the Ford C. Frick Award in 1998. Jorge naturally followed in his father's footsteps to his own award-winning broadcasting career.
“We congratulate Jorge on 35 award-winning years in broadcasting and thank him for his 17 years of service to the Dodger organization,” said Erik Braverman, Dodgers senior vice president of marketing, communications and broadcasting. “Jorge was truly an organizational asset, always willing to generously lend his time for community events and his kindness shining through his calls of Dodger baseball. It’s so fitting that Jorge’s final broadcast was the Dodgers’ World Series-clinching victory.”