He had almost won this title 13 years earlier in New York City.
"It would be like being on top of the world, winning in New York City," the catcher said.
He won decisively only among minorities and in New York City.
Ortíz had powerful friends, and after the war he temporarily left the church to run for congress, winning a seat in Mexico City.
Garcia agreed, but first he won a 13-kilometer (8-mile) race last Sunday in Mexico City.
The team calculated that if he won 38 percent of the vote in New York City, he would win the race.
This past summer, he won a 10-kilometer race in Salt Lake City in 18:55.
Caslavska won four gold medals and two silvers in Mexico City.
In the same year he also won the world amateur welterweight title in Mexico City.
Mexico, which won this event in Mexico City in 1999, finished 0-3.