Word: montreal
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Minaya, 47, the son of working-class parents, slogged his way up the baseball ladder, becoming the sport's first Hispanic general manager in 2002 when he took over the baseball junkyard known as the Montreal Expos, after being rejected half-a-dozen times for top jobs. The low-budget Expos overachieved under Minaya, earning him a shot with the big-market Mets. In just two years, he has remade a last-place organization lacking credibility into a paradigm of tried-and-true New York. The Mets are a diverse, dramatic (37 come-from-behind wins), free-spirited team that...
Minaya isn't just a checkbook GM. He has clearly added value, following what he calls his "Montreal model": look for cheap players no one else will touch. Based on last year's stats, second baseman José Valentin and outfielder Endy Chavez should be in the bush leagues. But Minaya trusted his scouts, and each player has delivered. Valentin hit two homers in the division-clinching win over Florida...
...lunch-hour shooting spree at Dawson left one woman dead and 20 wounded before police officers fatally shot 25-year-old gunman Kimveer Gill, of Fabreville, north of Montreal. Anastasia Desousa, 18, of Montreal, was pronounced dead at the scene, although police would not confirm her identity. Police said Gill's car was found parked near Dawson. Investigators have ruled out terrorism and racial or gender targeting, and are searching for a motive in what seems to be developing into Canada's Columbine shooting...
...Paramedics transported the wounded to three downtown hospitals. " They are all young adults, in their early twenties," said Dr. Fran?oise Chagnon, director of professional services at the Montreal General Hospital. "All of them are alive." But six remain in critical condition, two in very critical condition...
...Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the massacre "a cowardly and senseless act of violence." Montreal Mayor G?rard Tremblay said it was "a tragic incident, but an isolated incident...