To many Vladimir Guerrero is simply a baseball player. Beginning his career with the Montreal Expos, the Dominican Republic native quickly grew into one of the game’s better players.
Entering the 2004 season, Guerrero was regarded as one of the top free agents on the market. Still young and entering his prime, Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno saw an opportunity. As the first Hispanic majority owner in Major League Baseball, Guerrero saw this as a major incentive. Thus he signed a 5 year, $70 million dollar contract that offseason, kicking off a marvelous stretch of baseball.
Vladdy wasted no time living up to the contract.