Our Mission is to become a leading Latino enterprise in sports by providing quality products and services that will also instill Love, Pride & Goodwill and become a catalyst for economic empowerment in the Latino community. Latino Sports Ventures, Inc. is a multi-faceted Latino sports marketing firm. Since 1989, under the direction of Julio Pabón, Latino Sports Ventures Inc. has promoted, marketed and developed strategies to enhance and expose our professional Latino athletes. LSV works to bring these talented individuals into the forefront of their respective communities and corporate America. Latino Sports Ventures, Inc. has been awarding the Latino Most Valuable Player Award since 1989. The award is presented to the Best Latino Baseball player of the season. It has been institutionalized as one of the most prestigious and recognized awards given to Latino baseball players. It has gained the respect of the players, franchises, Latino press and Latino community at large. In 1989, Ruben Sierra was the first Latino baseball players to be honored. Since then, LSV has continued to recognize Latino athletes who have excelled in the sport. Latino Sports MVP Award Winners: 89- Ruben Sierra 90- Bobby Bonilla 91- Julio Franco 92-Carlos Baerga 93-Juan Gonzalez 94-Moises Alou 95-Edgar Martinez 96-Juan Gonzalez 97-Pedro Martinez 98-Sammy Sosa & Juan Gonzalez 99-Ivan Rodriguez 2000-Carlos Delgado & Edgardo Alfonso 2001-Roberto Alomar & Luis Gonzalez 2002- Alfonso Soriano & Vladimir Guerrero 2003- Albert Pujols & Ivan Rodríguez NL | Alex Rodríguez AL 2004- Albert Pujols NL & Vladimir Guerrero AL 2005 - Albert Pujols NL & David Ortiz AL 2006 - Albert Pujols NL & David Ortiz AL 2007 - Albert Pujols NL & Magglio Ordoñez AL 2008 - Albert Pujols NL & Alex Rodríguez AL 2009 - To Be Determined The Latino MVP Awards event concept.Our concept is to create a bridge where youngsters & the local community will have the opportunity to experience a major league baseball star receive an award for his achievements as an athlete. We believe that by giving youngsters the opportunity to earn an invitation to attend such a prestigious event this will expose them to the positive motivation that they need to continue to excel in school and the community they live in. We ask that every sponsor allocate a few seats at their table for some of these community youngsters to be their guest.
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