Eagles

Rickie Ricardo’s Spanish Eagles Calls Were Fantástico, Como Siempre

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Dec 16th, 2019 · 9:41 AM EST

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Que pasa amigos?

Here’s Rickie Ricardo’s game-winning touchdown call on the Eagles’ Spanish radio broadcast. It’s fantastic, as is pretty much everything Rickie voices:

#EAGLES #TOUCHDOWN @G_Ward1 #FLYEAGLESFLY @RR_RicardoFAN on the #CALL @phillynestmex 🏈🏈🦅🦅🏈🏈 pic.twitter.com/RnJUBMVnhw

— Eagles en Español (@eaglesenespanol) December 15, 2019

Partial translation via my poor Spanish:

“Wentz… to his left… touchdown! Philadelphiaaaaaaaa, Carson Wentz, finding to his left… ??? Greg Ward finds the ball in the corner!”

And here’s the Nigel Bradham touchdown that sealed it:

#EAGLES #TOUCHDOWN @NigelBradham_13 #PHIVSWAS #FLYEAGLESFLY 🏈🏈🦅🦅@RR_RicardoFAN on the #CALL #FLYEAGLESFLY @phillynestmex @Philliesbeisbol pic.twitter.com/Eg59dCtZ5Y

— Eagles en Español (@eaglesenespanol) December 15, 2019

Rickie:

“…three players to his right, one to his left, caution from ???, Haskins enters, the Eagles have the ball! Bradham ?? Bradham has it! Bradham touchdown!!!!! Philadelphiaaaaaa! Nigel Bradham! Nigel Bradham! Los Eagles are on fire? (I think)… To heck with the Redskins! It’s an Eagle victory!”

Great stuff.

Serious note though:

I think somebody in the region should put together a class called “Accelerated Spanish for Sports Writers.” It would be a crash course in sports terminology for baseball and soccer beats and you’d go for like 12 weeks and come out learning enough Espanol to be able to speak to the Latino guys on the Phillies and the Union. Good idea? Bad idea?

De todos modos, espero que tengas un día fantástico.