Ángel Torres

He was born in Vedado, Havana, and grew up in the Santo Suárez neighborhood in the same Cuban capital. He was an author, sports editor, Major League television analyst and was known as "The Bible of Baseball" for his extensive knowledge.

From an early age he showed a passion for baseball, as a player in the free amateur tournaments at "La Tropical" with San Pedro and later as player-manager in the amateur championships of Octavio Diviñó in Arroyo Naranjo managing Nebraska, where he received a medal for his outstanding work from the immortal Martín Dihigo.

He emigrated to Mexico in 1964 with his wife, son and mother, then traveled to New York where he lived for three years before moving to California in 1967, where he developed his journalism career.

Torres wrote for several years in the Diario Las Américas of Miami and has been a columnist for different publications in the United States, including the cybernetic newspaper "La Estufa Caliente" created by former Los Angeles Dodgers narrator, René Cárdenas.

He collaborated with the radio program "Meridiano Deportivo" of the Dominican Republic and commented on radio and television the games of the California Angels alongside Ulpiano Cos Villa and Rubén Valentín.

In 1996 he was the pioneer along with Cos Villa and Tito Fuentes in broadcasting the World Series games between Atlanta and New York for all of Latin America on television. Until his final days he was a commentator on FOX Sports in Spanish for regular season games and the World Series alongside his compatriot Ulpiano Cos Villa.

In 2009, the National College of Journalists of Cuba in Exile awarded him the National Journalism Prize for his extensive trajectory. In turn, the city of Hialeah declared November 14 as Angel Torres Day.

He is the author of five baseball books that are in Cooperstown: "The History of Cuban Baseball, The Legend of Cuban Baseball, Three Centuries of Cuban Baseball, The Bible of Baseball and The Sports Legacy of Angel Torres" which is a compilation of his articles.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Cuban Sports at the first event held on March 16, 2003 at the Renaissance Gables in Miami.

He is survived by his wife María Josefa Mena "Fina", his son Angel and two grandchildren, Angel and Ariel.