Imagine an All Latino Baseball All-Star Game

huffpostBy Julio Pabon, Huffington Post Latino Voices

 As we get closer to this years MLB baseball All Star game here in New York City many Latino fans wonder how many Latinos will be participating? New York City has one of the largest Latino populations in the country and Citi-Field in Queens sits dead smack near Corona with a huge and diverse Latin American, Central American and Caribbean community.

These days major-league baseball has plenty of Latino players and a strong representation of Latino stars to go around. However, 50 years ago when there were not that many Latino players they managed to put together enough of the few and recruit one, or two honorary “Latinos” to have a Latino All Star Game in the old NYC Polo Grounds in Harlem.

It is incredible that 50 years ago someone was able to get the few Latino players together to play a Latino All-Star game with the leagues top players like Clemente, Cepeda, Marichal and Aparicio.

As the Latino community continues to grow in numbers, perhaps it is time for someone to …

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This article was first published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.

[Photo courtesy Major League Baseball]

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