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How Felipe Alou became baseball's first Dominican-born manager - Montreal

How Felipe Alou became baseball’s first Dominican-born manager – Montreal

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Twenty-five years ago today, Felipe Alou made history when he took the helm of the Montreal Expos, becoming Major League Baseball’s first Dominican manager.

But it almost didn’t happen.

His predecessor, Tom Runnells, had success managing in the minor leagues but was decidedly unpopular in the Expos clubhouse.

Alou, the Expos bench coach and formerly a minor league manager, was trying to…

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