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Spanish Public Radio to Broadcast All 81 Tiger Home Games

Mike Alberts by Mike Alberts
March 1, 2026
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Former Tiger utility player Barbaro Garbey will act as color analyst and Carlos Guillen will provide the play-by-play for all 81 home games in Spanish for the 2025 season.  Games will be broadcast on La Z 1310 AM and 107.9 FM WDTW radio stations. This will be the first year Tiger Fans can listen to all home games in complete Spanish Broadcast. Spanish-language Broadcasts can also be heard on the SAP Audio App on FanDuel Sports Network.

Barbaro Garbay at the Tigers’ 1984 World Champions Reunion in 2024 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Tigers
Barbaro Garbay at the Tigers’ 1984 World Champions Reunion in 2024 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Tigers

Garbey was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba in 1956. In 1980, Garbey climbed aboard a small fishing boat and became the first member of the Cuban National Baseball Team to emigrate to the USA along with  200 other Cuban refugees as part of the Mariel boatlift — or “freedom flotilla”. It was not a “defection”; Garbey left Cuba to play baseball; it was as simple as that. After being taken to an Army base in Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, where Tigers scout Orlando Peña — himself a Cuban and a pitcher in the major leagues — found him playing catch in a pair of blue jeans and a T-shirt. Still, Pena saw  a major league player in the making. After being released from the Army Camp to his cousin Merta, Garbey ultimately ended up with a ticket to Lakeland from the Tigers. Pena offered Garbey a $ 2,500 contract with the Tigers on June 6, 1980.

By 1984, Garbey was selected by Sparky Anderson to start the season with the Tigers and he played a key role in the 35-5 start. In the first 21 games with the Tigers, he had an average of .583 with 15 RBI’s in 45 appearances in the batting box. On April 7th , 1984, he played first base for six innings of Jack Morris’s no-hitter vs the White Sox.  Finishing the ’84 season with the Tigers he started 110 games and hit .287. With more than 300 plate appearances Garbey finished third in batting average behind Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker.

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During the decades that followed his stint with the Tigers, Garbey was all over baseball in almost every role that one could imagine. He lives in the metro Detroit area with his wife Kimberly and family.  Now he will be present in the broadcast booth at Comerica for all 81 home games of the 2025 season.

Radio Pública en Español Transmitirá los 81 Partidos de los Tigres en Casa

El exjugador de los Tigres, Bárbaro Garbey, será el comentarista y Carlos Guillén narrará en español los 81 partidos de los Tigres en casa durante la temporada 2025. Los partidos se transmitirán por las estaciones de radio La Z 1310 AM y 107.9 FM WDTW. Este será el primer año en que los aficionados podrán escuchar todos los partidos en casa en español. La transmisión también se puede escuchar en la aplicación SAP Audio de FanDuel Sports Network.

Barbaro Garbay at the Tigers’ 1984 World Champions Reunion in 2024 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Tigers
Barbaro Garbay at the Tigers’ 1984 World Champions Reunion in 2024 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Tigers

Garbey nació en Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, en 1956. En 1980, Garbey se embarcó en un pequeño bote pesquero y se convirtió en el primer miembro de la Selección Nacional de Béisbol de Cuba en emigrar a Estados Unidos junto con otros 200 refugiados cubanos como parte del éxodo del Mariel, o “flotilla de la libertad”. No fue una “deserción”; Garbey dejó Cuba para jugar béisbol; así de simple. Tras ser trasladado a una base militar en Indiantown Gap, Pensilvania, donde el cazatalentos de los Tigres, Orlando Peña —cubano y lanzador de Grandes Ligas—, lo encontró jugando a la pelota con jeans y camiseta, pero desde entonces viéndolo como un jugador de Grandes Ligas. Tras ser liberado del campamento militar con su primo Merta, Garbey finalmente consiguió un boleto a Lakeland con los Tigres. Peña le ofreció a Garbey un contrato de 2500 dólares con los Tigres el 6 de junio de 1980. Para 1984, Garbey fue seleccionado por Sparky Anderson para comenzar la temporada con los Tigres y jugó un papel clave en el inicio de la temporada de 35-5. En los primeros 21 juegos con los Tigres, tuvo un promedio de .583 con 15 carreras impulsadas en 45 apariciones en la caja de bateo. El 7 de abril de 1984, jugó en primera base durante seis entradas del juego sin hits de Jack Morris contra los Medias Blancas. Al finalizar la temporada de 1984 con los Tigres, comenzaron 110 juegos y bateó .287. Con más de 300 apariciones en el plato, Garbey terminó tercero en promedio de bateo, detrás de Alan Trammell y Lou Whitaker.

Durante las décadas posteriores a su paso por los Tigres, Garbey estuvo presente en casi todos los roles imaginables. Vive en el área metropolitana de Detroit con su esposa Kimberly y su familia. Ahora estará presente en la cabina de transmisión de Comerica durante los 81 juegos en casa de la temporada 2025.

Traducción Carmen Elena Luna

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Michael Alberts - Detroit - Cooley H.S., Michigan State University, B.A., Wayne State University, M.A. - Ed. Specialist, Univ. Detroit Mercy - Teaching Certificate. Alberts began his career at Ford Motor Company's FMCC Data Center in 1965 and witnessed the data revolution in business practices. While writing his Master's Thesis, he honed his photographic skills and has enjoyed photography as both a career and a sideline for six decades. Alberts was also a teacher and administrator until 2006, when his retirement allowed him to pursue photography. Since 2006, he has enjoyed covering major sporting events, including a Super Bowl, two World Series, 18 years of the NFL, 17 years of the NBA, and is currently credentialed for MLB. Alberts writes and contributes stories on sports & local issues. Married in Rio de Janeiro to his wife of 51 years, Marcia, an early organizer of the Brazilian community in the Detroit area.

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