Price is known for his ability to speak Spanish to help communicate with Latino players.

Many major league clubhouses have an entire row dominated by Latino players, who often joke in Spanish and listen to salsa on the stereo.

Those differences were on display the afternoon that the Latino players headed off to buy lunch at a nearby deli.

Latino players make up 23 percent of major league rosters (and this doesn't include Puerto Ricans, who are American citizens).

The promotion comes six years after baseball's all-century team, which did not have a Latino player.

But beginning with the 1996 season, the percentage of Latino players has exceeded the percentage of blacks.

When all is said and done, stats-wise, this could be the greatest Latino player of all time.

It became the home for many African-American and Latino players.

The growing importance of the Latino player in the major leagues (they represent about one-third of the player population) is a source of great pride.

When my father was alive, he tried to improve conditions for all Latino players.