Do you think Omar Minya is biased towards Latin players?

i had a discussion about this with several of my friends who are big time met fans. They said they don't care that the majority of the team is hispanic as long as they win. Do you think he aims the majority of his signings at Latin Players?

Yes of course he is but I think alot of Latin players are attracted there cuz of MInaya being Latin

Unquestionably. However, when a white person does the same thing it's called racism. When a minority does it, it's called progress. And I will bet money that white man's guilt will deem it necessary for somebody to tell me that i'm the racist and that statement is totally false. Personally, I couldn't care less because I wasn't in the running for the job anyway but an observation that's valid is an observation that's valid.

Those damn Canadian hispanics and their baseball shennanigans.

who cares where they are from. "just win baby"

chashawk said:

Those damn Canadian hispanics and their baseball shennanigans.

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Now show picture's of the rest of the team & see if your point sticks?

White guys on the Mets:











Jason Bay
David Wright
John Maine
Daniel Murphy

I think the fact that Arte Moreno is Mexican had a lot to do with Vlad Guerrero and Kendry Morales signing with the Angels...and the fact that his wallet is larger than a billboard.

I think Minaya is biased towards losing.

jbone17 said:

White guys on the Mets:

Jason Bay
David Wright
John Maine
Daniel Murphy

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Pat Misch
Jon Niese
Bobby Parnell
Mike Pelfry
Chris Coste
Chris Carter
Jeff Francouer

Minya isn't really making the decisions with the Mets, the Wilpons are running it with him as their public face.

The only thing the Mets are biased towards are overrated injury prone players, many of whom are past their prime.

chashawk said:

jbone17 said:

White guys on the Mets:

Jason Bay
David Wright
John Maine
Daniel Murphy

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Pat Misch
Jon Niese
Bobby Parnell
Mike Pelfry
Chris Coste
Chris Carter
Jeff Francouer

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So 11 out of???

Minaya has been known to have said in the past that he wants the Mets to be a 100% Latin team. I don't care how many guys of whatever nationality you have on a team, but to come right out and let it be known that you want a segragated team all of one nationality is just assinine. It's makes him appear to be a biggot.

HoustonTeams4Me said:

chashawk said:

jbone17 said:

White guys on the Mets:

Jason Bay
David Wright
John Maine
Daniel Murphy

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Active Roster

Pat Misch
Jon Niese
Bobby Parnell
Mike Pelfry
Chris Coste
Chris Carter
Jeff Francouer

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So 11 out of???

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31 - So....33%

Looks about right to me.

chashawk said:

HoustonTeams4Me said:

chashawk said:

jbone17 said:

White guys on the Mets:

Jason Bay
David Wright
John Maine
Daniel Murphy

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Active Roster

Pat Misch
Jon Niese
Bobby Parnell
Mike Pelfry
Chris Coste
Chris Carter
Jeff Francouer

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So 11 out of???

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31 - So....33%

Looks about right to me.

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I think that's quite low actually.

For example, the Cardinals are 23/30 white. Or 22/30 if you count Lohse as being American Indian and not a "white guy."

An all latino team would be sweet!!!

I think most of the high profile impact players he signed or perhaps traded for were Latino but I don't think he has systematically gone out and acquired only Latin players.

At the time they were acquired I don't think anyone would have problems having a Carlos Beltran, Pedro Martinez, Johan Santana or Carlos Delgado on their team.

Re-signing Oliver Perez wasn't very good, but he had an electric arm and was relatively young. He may just have a 10-cent head.

Of course, as noted, the Mets signed another big name Latino guy this past off-season, named Jason Bay. Perhaps by no accident, the Mets' franchise guy is David Wright, so the organization isn't just about Latino collection of guys who fly back to their countries after their seasons are over.

When a team goes through an abortion of a season like the Mets did in 2010, the diversity is used as a scapegoat, as if a team of Ryan Churches would make the Mets more gritty and potential pennant contenders.

elmalo said:

An all latino team would be sweet!!!

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or all japanese, since they won every single WBC

Skorris CCBC said:

chashawk said:

HoustonTeams4Me said:

chashawk said:

jbone17 said:

White guys on the Mets:

Jason Bay
David Wright
John Maine
Daniel Murphy

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Active Roster

Pat Misch
Jon Niese
Bobby Parnell
Mike Pelfry
Chris Coste
Chris Carter
Jeff Francouer

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So 11 out of???

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31 - So....33%

Looks about right to me.

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I think that's quite low actually.

For example, the Cardinals are 23/30 white. Or 22/30 if you count Lohse as being American Indian and not a "white guy."

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Some would say that's too far in the other direction.

darocker80 said:

elmalo said:

An all latino team would be sweet!!!

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or all japanese, since they won every single WBC

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Yeah but if the Dominican team had all of their best players on it the Japanese couldnt touch them.
By the way, does anyone know if Colombia is going to have a team in the next WBC?