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“That Mets general manager Omar Minaya fashioned a winning team with a distinct Latin flavor is undeniable. Twelve Latino players were on the NLCS roster and 24 played for the Mets during the 2006 season. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Corona, Minaya crafted a clubhouse that mirrors the streets of Queens and beyond.
His acquisition of a number of Latin America-born players, beginning with the signing of Dominican pitching star Pedro Martinez after the 2004 season, at times has prompted criticism that Minaya is Latinizing the Mets. But at the end of a good season, few take issue with Minaya’s motley collection of talent that some derisively have referred to as “Los Mets.”"
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