Eduardo Paret

Eduardo Paret Pérez (born October 23, 1972 in Santa Clara) is a Cuban baseball player. He is a shortstop for Villa Clara of the Cuban National Series, and for the Cuban national baseball team.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paret and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Eduardo Paret
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team
2004 Athens Team
2008 Beijing Team
Baseball World Cup
2001 Taipei Team
2003 Havana Team
2005 Rotterdam Team
2007 Taipei Team
Intercontinental Cup
1995 Havana Team
2002 Havana Team
2006 Taipei Team
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata Team
2003 Santo Domingo Team
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena Team

Paret was the starting shortstop on the Cuban teams that won gold medals at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics and second place at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He was named most valuable player of the 2005 World Cup of Baseball after going 12 for 19 with 8 stolen bases in the tournament.[2]

In July 1997, Paret and his Villa Clara teammates Osmani García and Angel López spoke with Cuban defector Rolando Arrojo by telephone. As a result, they were banned from Cuban baseball for "maintaining contact with baseball traitors."[3] The ban has since been lifted. On July 28, 2006, ESPN.com reported that Paret and Yulieski Gurriel had defected from Cuba and into Colombia. .[4] Days later, Gurriel denied the report.[5]

References
  1. "Eduardo Paret Pérez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
  2. "World Cup Baseball 2005". official site. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
  3. Jamail, Milton H. (2000). Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-8093-2310-9.
  4. "Report: Cuban baseball players defect in Colombia". ESPN.com news services. Retrieved July 28, 2006.
  5. Rojas, Enrique. "Cuban star Gurriel has no interest in deserting". ESPNdeportes.com. Retrieved August 1, 2006.


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