Latino athletes have made major waves in Bay Area professional sports, including playing major roles in the past, present and future of the San Francisco Giants.
The Giants also were the first major league franchise to build a talent pipeline from Latin America and ushered in the era of Latinos playing in MLB in the early 60s, with players such as Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal, and the Alou brothers--Matty, Jesus and Felipe--the first all-brother outfield in the major leagues.
"To be surrounded by you know a lot of Hispanics on this team, there's Venezuelans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans. It's nice to have a mixed clubhouse," Villar told KPIX 5."For us it's Latin Heritage every month," Ortiz said."So we feel very proud, we wear our countries on our sleeve." Former Golden State Warriors champion Juan Toscano Anderson's family emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico to Oakland in the 1940's. Toscano played in the Mexican league before his time in the NBA.
"Mexicans are into the NFL, are into football so it means a lot for us," Gutierrez said."It's been great, it's been a dream come true and being able to represent my country is awesome. Sometimes in away games when I get outside the tunnel like people like start yelling my name, and I'm like 'Where are they from,' right? But some of them they're from Mexico.
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