Manuel Torres

Manuel Torres Rivera (1941 – 26 March 2021) was a Mexican baseball broadcaster, public address announcer, writer, and manager. He served as the official voice and master of ceremonies for the Naranjeros de Hermosillo of the Mexican Pacific League for over 50 years from 1970 until his death in 2021.

In addition to his work with the Naranjeros, Torres was a longtime sportswriter who served as the first president of the Asociación de Cronistas Deportivos de Sonora (Sonora Sportswriters Association) in 2000 and won the Premio Fray Nano in 2002. He also co-hosted a radio show dedicated to the , where he won a league title as a manager in the 1970s.

Torres was inducted into the Salón de la Fama del Deportista Sonorense (Sonoran Athlete's Hall of Fame) in 2022.

Biography Torres was born in 1941 in Ures, Sonora, and grew up as a baseball fan. He studied law at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, but returned to Sonora due to personal circumstances, where he finished his studies at the Universidad de Sonora. However, Torres never practiced law, instead pursuing his passion for sports. He began his broadcasting career in 1964, when he was hired at KEVT, a radio station in the Tucson, Arizona, area. The following year, Torres moved to XEPB in Hermosillo, where he worked for over two decades. In 1967 he took over a show called "El Mundo de los Deportes", which he originally co-hosted with Carlos Vázquez Castro. Torres also served as manager of the Medias Rojas de Ures of the in the 1970s, leading them to a league title in 1974. He received a similar honor in December 2020, when the booth at the Estadio Sonora was named after him in celebration of 50 years with the team and he threw the first pitch to Naranjeros catcher César Salazar. Torres' voice was described as always elegant, powerful, and friendly. He also emceed the inaugurations of 40 editions of the Campeonato de Beisbol Infantil de las Américas (Youth Baseball Championship of the Americas) and 19 editions of the Sonora state baseball championships, both organized by ,

Torres was a longtime sports columnist for El Sonorense and El Independiente. Torres was inducted unanimously into the Salón de la Fama del Deportista Sonorense (Sonoran Athlete's Hall of Fame) as a member of the class of 2022.