Guy Conti

Guy Clyde Conti (born March 9, 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Major League Baseball bullpen coach for the New York Mets. He was one of Willie Randolph's first hires as manager in winter by|2004 and began as a coach in the by|2005 season. Prior to joining the Mets, Conti held various coaching positions in the Los Angeles Dodgers' minor league system, where he befriended Sandy Koufax and also worked with young pitchers such as Pedro Martínez and Ismael Valdez. (Martinez credits Conti for teaching him English when Conti coached Martinez in Great Falls, Montana, calling him "my white daddy." [ [http://apse.dallasnews.com/contest/2000/writing/over250.feature.fifth.html APSE | Associated Press Sports Editors ] ] Conti briefly played in the Houston Astros organization as a catcher, after which he coached baseball at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

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* [http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=nym&coachorstaffid=434699 Official biography of Conti on mets.com]
* [http://www.metsblog.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/9/2792842.html Metsblog article about Conti]