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Allen Takes Top ARIZ Manager Honors Sunday, September 17th , 2000 Matt Allen celebrated a successful season with the AZL Mexico by hosting team officials and select media at a AZL area first-class eatery. But when he first came to town, the 2000 Arizona League Manager of the Year was met with a good measure of skepticism. "Very few people believed in our ballclub when I got here. It just goes to show you that a bunch of talented ballplayers playing together can make any old manager a genius," a modest Allen joked, not fully recognizing his own stature in the baseball community. However, baseball journalists duly noted his managerial skill as he skippered the Mexico to a 53-5 record this year and a first place finish in the Arizona League South. |
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