Guy Conti
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Major League Baseball
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bullpen coach for the New York Mets
New York Mets
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. He was one of Willie Randolph
Willie Randolph
Willie Larry Randolph is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager, most recently the third base coach for the Baltimore Orioles...
's first hires as manager in winter and began as a coach in the season. Prior to joining the Mets, Conti held various coaching positions in the Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
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' minor league system, where he befriended Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
Sanford "Sandy" Koufax is a former left-handed baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers...
and also worked with young pitchers such as Pedro Martínez
Pedro Martínez
Pedro Jaime Martínez is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He is an eight-time All-Star, three-time Cy Young Award winner, and 2004 World Series champion...
and Ismael Valdez
Ismael Valdez
Ismael Valdez Alvarez is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. His professional baseball career began at age 17 when he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league organization. After a three year climb through the Dodgers farm system, Valdez made his major league debut at the age of 20...
. (Martinez credits Conti for teaching him English when Conti coached Martinez in Great Falls, Montana
Great Falls, Montana
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, calling him "my white daddy." Conti briefly played in the Houston Astros
Houston Astros
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organization as a catcher, after which he coached baseball at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
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. Prior to joining Houston, he played baseball for one season at Clarion State College (now Clarion University) and returned to Clarion after his playing days earning a degree in 1965.
It is remembered that Conti was manager in 1992, in the caribbean's baseball, for the "Tigres del Licey". In that opportunity the team by him managed got the championship.-