Baseball sees more Latinos, women on job

“In 1997, there was one Latino manager, Felipe Alou. Now there are three: Ozzie Guillen White Sox, Manny Acta Washington Nationals and Fredi Gonzalez Florida Marlins. Five years ago, Omar Minaya became the first Latino general manager, of the then-Montreal Expos. On the field, 24 percent of players on Opening Day rosters and disabled lists this year were born in Latin America, up from 16 percent a decade ago.”

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