Former Giants manager and Dominican native Felipe Alou threw out a ceremonial first pitch along with Meulens.

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In fact, with apologies to Felipe Alou, the Venezuela native is the most successful foreign-born manager in baseball history.

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The Dominicans (8-0) won it in the city where countrymen Felipe, Jesus and the late Matty Alou made history in 1963 when they appeared in the same Giants outfield for several games.

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