I'm not sure Espy was Latin, though he was from southern California.Originally Posted by redsupport
I'm not sure Espy was Latin, though he was from southern California.
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If for no other reason than his heads-up baserunning in the 1975 World Series and legendary bunting skills, Ed Armbrister (Bahamas) has to be on this list. I'd also put in at least an honorable mention for Sam Mejias, arguably one of the nicest human beings ever to wear a Reds uniform. His wife and my summer league baseball coaches wife were best friends, and he got our entire team a field pass to take BP at Riverfront on a Reds off day in 1980. He pitched for us. Great guy.
Unfortunately the Bahamas isn't part of Latin America being an English speaking country in the Carabean Sea. Yes, Sam Mejias can coach with Lou.
arturo de Frietas was definitely solid
Yikes! I don't even remember this guy? Twelve games in the late 70's - .208 BA though, doesn't make the squad. For those looking, it de Freitas.
does rafael santo domingo make it?
No, but maybe he can be the pitching coach:
http://www.ie66ers.com/team/coaches/?id=164
Espy was from So Cal. Same draft class as the infamous Billy Beane. Didn't you guys read Moneyball??? HA!
How about Xavier Hernandez? He was an integral part of the 95 bullpen.
When all is said and done more is said than done.
Well, here's an update with pictures. I tossed Ruiz and slipped Cardenas over to third even though he never played there. Oh well.
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1B Tony Perez
2B Mariano Duncan
3B Tony Fernandez
SS Dave Concepcion
C Bo Diaz
OF Cesar Geranimo
OF Cesar Cedeno
OF Jose Guillen
P Mario Soto
P Jose Rijo
P Dolf Luque
P Manny Sarmiento
RP Pedro Borbon
Utility Infielder - Chico Cardenas
Manager Lou Pinella
Last edited by redsmetz; 06-19-2006 at 07:04 PM.
Don't forget manuel Cueto. Along with Luque he made the Reds the most popular team in Cuba. To this day we still have an unbelievable fan base there, though they obviously don't get to watch much US ball. In fact there is a popular phrase in Cuba that generally translates to "beloved Cincinnati" that is a holdover from that era. So Potato Cueto must be on the list.
how about jorge rubio acquired by reds in a minor league transaction never pitched for reds, leo garcia tremendous infielder, pedro martinez another bullpen stalwart
Through all of this, i found it fascinating that Cookie Rojas played briefly for the Reds. I did not know this, or had forgotten this.
He was one of my favorite nobodies with the Royals in the mid-'70s, along with Freddy Patek. Guess i had a thing for no-hit, all field middle infielders.
rojas and tony gonzalez played for the reds, gonzalez had a good career with the phils, rojas was traded to the phils for great righthander JIm Owens
Off the top of my head, I would consider Tony Fernandez as the third baseman. Saw him play there in 1995(?) for the Reds. He had what they call 'soft hands'.
I see he did play 93 games there for us. I think I'll swap him out, although Cardenas deserves to be the utility guy for the team.
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