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Chapters: Major League Baseball Players From Colombia, Edgar Rentería, Orlando Cabrera, Marwin Vega, Jolbert Cabrera, Ernesto Frieri, Luis Castro, List of Major League Baseball Players From Colombia, Yamid Haad, Emiliano Fruto, Jackie Gutiérrez, Orlando Ramírez. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Marwin Vega (born October 27, 1986 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization. He was signed by the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent in 2003. Played for the Agua Linda in the Venezuelan Summer League where he went 4-4 with 2.52 ERA in 12 starts. He led the team with 50 strikeouts and 53 2/3 innings pitched. Later that season he participated in the 2004 Arizona Instructional League. Started season with the Single-A Everett AquaSox, appearing in three games, two starts. He struck out nine batters in 8.2 innings of work in his second start of the season. He was transferred to the Peoria Mariners on July 9 where he picked up only save of the season, tossing three innings allowing one run on two hits on August 3. Vega won three consecutive appearances from August 14 to the 24. On August 24 he tossed five innings allowing three runs on six hits while striking out a season-high eight batters. He participated in 2005 Arizona Instructional League. In 2006 he spent season with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, finishing 4th on the team with 97.2 innings pitched. Vega allowed three earned run or less in 15 of 20 starts. He struck out a season-high six batters on April 20 and July 8. Vega lost four consecutive starts, April 25 to June 23. He tossed 12 scoreless innings in final two starts, August 29 to September 3. He was named to the "Midwest League Pitcher of the Week" on September 4. Vega spent the 2007 se...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20998087 ... Read more

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Chapters: Edgar Rentería, Orlando Cabrera, Jolbert Cabrera, Ernesto Frieri, Luis Castro, List of Major League Baseball Players From Colombia, Yamid Haad, Emiliano Fruto, Jackie Gutiérrez. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Edgar Enrique Rentería (Spanish pronunciation: ; born August 7, 1975, in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants. He is the first Colombian to play in the World Series. Signed by the Florida Marlins as a non-amateur free agent in 1992, Rentería made his debut in the 1996 season. He finished second behind Dodgers outfielder Todd Hollandsworth in National League Rookie of the Year balloting, after batting .309 with 68 runs scored and 16 stolen bases in 106 games. Rentería is well remembered for his 11th inning two-out RBI single in Game Seven of the 1997 World Series to give Florida a 3-2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals before the 1999 season. While with the Cardinals, Renteria ended the Curse of the Bambino, grounding into the last out of the 2004 World Series. Fox Sports commentator Joe Buck called Renteria's grounder saying: The Cardinals' home field, Busch Memorial Stadium, became known as the field where the Curse of the Bambino died. Rentería signed a four year $40 million deal with the Boston Red Sox in December 2004.. The 2005 season, playing for the Boston Red Sox, was a disappointing one for Rentería. Replacing fellow Colombian and fan favorite Orlando Cabrera at shortstop, who had jump started the World Series winning team the year before, and Nomar Garciaparra before him, was not an easy job. Rentería committed a major league-leading and career high 30 errors in 2005, blaming the poor conditions of the field despite the fact ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=849629 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Century Publishing on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1319 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cardinals look to Edgar Renteria for leadership: St. Louis shortstop helps generate a winning atmoshere.
Author: Dan O'Neill
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Century Publishing
Volume: 62Issue: 7Page: 56(3)

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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on October 30, 1997. The length of the article is 525 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ¡Señores: el béisbol es latino! (béisbolistas hispanos haciendo historia en las grandes ligas)(TT: ¡Gentlemen: baseball is Latin!) (TA: Hispanic baseball players making history in the major leagues)
Author: Tay Polo Miranda
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 30, 1997
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: v4Issue: n245Page: p13(1)

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