Pedro Septién

Pedro Septién Orozco

Pedro Septién (March 21, 1916 – December 19, 2013) was a Mexican sports broadcaster. He was nicknamed El Mago (Spanish for "The Wizard"). Septien was famous in México due to his vast knowledge about Major League Baseball. He was known as the play-by-play announcer for the Tigres de Quintana Roo baseball team.

Quotes

• "Numbers are prophets that look backwards (in time)". (Spanish: "Los números son profetas que miran hacia atrás".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

• "To know the baseball player who is alive, you need to know the baseball player who is dead". (Spanish: "Para conocer al pelotero vivo, tienes que conocer al pelotero muerto".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

• "Football has 14 variants; baseball has millions". (Spanish: "El futbol tiene 14 variantes; el beisbol, millones".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

• "There's no defense against the walk". (Spanish: "Contra la base por bolas no hay defensa".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

• "Baseball is too good a business to be a mere sport and too much of a sport to be a mere business". (Spanish: "El beisbol es demasiado negocio para ser un simple deporte y demasiado deporte para ser un simple negocio".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

• "The greatest ballplayer was Ty Cobb". (Spanish: "El más grande pelotero de la historia ha sido Ty Cobb".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

• "Being a Tigres del Mexico baseball fan, by definition, is deciding to walk on a rocky path rather than a smooth one; they know the euphoria of victory, and the heartache of seeing their team leave its place of origin. Being a Tigres del Mexico baseball fan is the story of joyful painfulness and painful joyfulness." (Spanish: "El aficionado al Tigres, por definición, ha decidido caminar por el empedrado en lugar de la plana vereda; conoce tanto la euforia de la victoria, como el dolor de ver a su equipo irse de su lugar de origen. Ser del Tigres, es la historia del placer sufriendo, y del llorar gozando.) Pedro Septién circa 2005