Max "Mako" Oliveras was a Minor League Baseball

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 player and also was a minor league manager with the Binghamton Mets

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. Oliveras played seven seasons in the minor leagues. He was also a coach in the Major Leagues for the Chicago Cubs

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In May , he took over as skipper of the independent Miami Marlins

Fort Myers Miracle

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 after Fred Hatfield

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 was fired. Oliveras had been "widely praised for his work in the Puerto Rican Winter League

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" according to Baseball America's 1987 Statistics Report, and the Marlins won the most games they had in eight years. The next year, Oliveras was hired by the California Angels

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 organization and hmanaged the Midland Angels from to . He moved up to Triple-A, managing the Edmonton Trappers

Edmonton Trappers

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 from to and the Vancouver Canadians

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 in . Oliveras became a coach for the Angels in and was a member of the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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 staff from to . In , he managed the Kinston Indians

Kinston Indians

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. He took over as skipper of the Orlando Rays in , then moved down to the Charleston RiverDogs

Charleston RiverDogs

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 in , and then back up to the Bakersfield Blaze

Bakersfield Blaze

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 in . In and , he was a coach for the Montgomery Biscuits

Montgomery Biscuits

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 under manager Charlie Montoyo. He was named the manager of the Binghamton Mets

Binghamton Mets

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 in . Mako was fired from the Binghamton Mets

Binghamton Mets

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in September 2009.