Clemson Smith Muñiz
Joined: Mar 16, 2020
Clemson Smith Muñiz’s wide-ranging career in sports media touches all bases, a switch-hitter comfortable in two languages. As Executive Editor of La Vida Baseball, he returns to his baseball roots. His first sport beat was covering the New York Yankees for the Hartford Courant. He wrote sidebars on the Yankees and Mets at the New York Daily News. Broadcast a World Series in Spanish for ESPN International. Edited magazines such as MLB en español and Beísbol Mundial, and was the first to broadcast los Yankees, los Mets and los Tigers en español on TV. Besides writing a weekly column and supervising editorial content for La Vida, Smith Muñiz starts his ninth season as the Spanish-language play-by-play voice of MLB Network’s Showcase broadcasts.
Carlos Baerga’s Cleveland memories
Why the Puerto Rico Series was more than beautiful baseball
For Puerto Rican players, no bigger stage than home
Puerto Rico: the new cradle of coaches
How a ‘Quarter-Rican’ Lugo fully embraced his island roots
Twins’ Rosario was always an early overachiever
José Contreras: A ChiSox ambassador with stories to tell
Through the Halls of memory
José Flores and the art of first-base coaching
The Time I Almost Walked Away from the Yankees
Closing Black History Month with a ‘Cha Cha’ — Orlando Cepeda
Clemente’s dream: first black manager
Arte Moreno: First Latino owner with a Latino player in the HOF
When Cooperstown calls, words fail and legends cry
