Real-life things in the movie

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2004)

I don't know if a lot of people know this, but the Rangers P.A. Announcer and the Radio Announcer are the actual announcers for the Rangers. Eric Nadel actually does the Ranger Broadcasts on KRLD NewsRadio 1080 in Dallas-Fort Worth with Victor Rojas. Eric Nadel has been broadcasting Rangers' baseball for 26 seasons.Eric Nadel is in his ninth year as the lead voice for the Rangers' radio broadcasts. This marks his 25th season broadcasting Rangers' baseball, the longest tenure of any announcer in the history of the franchise. Nadel worked on television and radio from 1979-81, then teamed with Mark Holtz for the next 13 years on radio while also doing televised games in 1984. One of his most memorable calls was Nolan Ryan's 5,000th career strikeout on August 22, 1989. He is a two-time selection (1999 and 2001) as Texas Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Nadel, who taught himself to speak fluent Spanish, has called several games in Spanish during his frequent off-season visits to Latin America. Prior to joining the Rangers, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League and the Dallas Diamonds of the Women's Professional Basketball League. For the last 19 years, he has done "A Page From Baseball's Past" radio features that run on the Rangers' radio network. His latest book, "Texas Rangers: The Authorized History" was released in 1997. Elected to the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, Nadel and his wife Jeannie reside in Dallas.