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Clarence Edwin "Cito" Gaston (; born March 17, 1944) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. His major league career as a player lasted from 1967 to 1978, most notably for the San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves. He spent his entire managerial career with the Toronto Blue Jays, becoming the first African-American manager in Major League history to win a World Series title. Cito Gaston managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 1989 to 1997, and again from 2008 to 2010. During this time, he managed the Blue Jays to four American League East division titles (1989, 1991, 1992 and 1993), two American League pennants (1992 and 1993) and two World Series titles (1992 and 1993). ==Personal life== Gaston grew up in San Antonio and Corpus Christi, Texas, where his father was a truck driver. His career ambitions were either to be a truck driver like his father, or make it into the Major Leagues. He adopted his nickname 'Cito' in preference to his given name 'Clarence'. Gaston later told Toronto Blue Jays broadcasters that the name was taken from a Mexican-American wrestler he watched as a young man in Texas. Other reports state that Gaston was given this nickname from a friend named Carlos Thompson who thought that Gaston resembled a Mexican wrestler named "Cito".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cito Gaston - SABR )〕 As a player with the Atlanta Braves, he was the roommate of Hank Aaron. Gaston credits Aaron with teaching him "how to be a man; how to stand on my own."〔Leavy, Walter. "Cito Gaston: on top of the baseball world - baseball manager", ''Ebony'' March 1994. Available online at: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n7_v49/ai_15198539〕 Gaston has been married three times. His first marriage ended in divorce with Gaston citing his baseball career as the reason.〔 His second marriage to a Canadian woman, Denise, lasted from the early 80s to the early 2000s.〔 Since 2003, Gaston has been married to Lynda,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global News - Latest & Current News - Weather, Sports & Health News )〕 both residing in Oldsmar, Florida.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What a ride for Cito )〕 When in Toronto, Gaston lives in a downtown condominium which he sublets to former Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach Tim Hunter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cito Gaston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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