Arte Moreno has worked very hard to expand his fan base in southern California. (The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: The “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Los Angeles” of professional baseball.) He sends Angels TV commercials and billboards deep into L.A. County and has no plans to cede ground to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Moreno also has no compunctions about targeting skilled Latin players. Vladimir Guerrero, Kelvim Escobar, and Bartolo Colón are just a few of the Spanish-speaking stars to join the franchise since Moreno’s arrival. If he wants to extend the marketing reach of the Angels well past the border, though, he might consider signing the best Mexicans to ever play the game.
In something of an upset, though, HEY BREWER reports that only 101 Mexican-born men have ever donned a Major League Baseball uniform. Therefore, the all-time Mexican-born MLB All-Star Team sports such incomparable names as Erubiel Durazo, Ismael Valdez, and the infamous Mario Mendoza along side the brilliant Fernando Valenzuela.
While a team of lesser players, retired players, and dead men may have a difficult time in the field of play, they can’t be more leaden than Ryan Braun. It probably wouldn’t hurt Mendoza’s batting average to take a few more pitches, either.
Moreno could then flip the whole Mexican All-Star team for cash after selling out against the Royals. After all, Arte is too savvy to let marketing concerns get in the way of fielding a winning team; check out the Torii Hunter signing and Jon Garland trade for proof. However, not every team feels the same way.







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