Are you sure Diaz is Dominican? His wiki says he was born in Miami and with the name Diaz he could be Cuban.
Just checked and it also says he attended high school with Eddy Rodriguez (Cuban) and Yonder Alonso (obvious).
I agree, that conference is always much better than the East. And if "destroying your former team factor" also existed, Vince would be so far ahead the list would be renamed after him.
Not blaming Navarro because he did get on base, but if that was anyone else they move up to second, and then had a shot at scoring with the Lawrie single...