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Baseball At The 2019 Pan American Games
Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games was held from July 27 to August 4. The venue for the competition was the baseball stadium located at the Villa María del Triunfo cluster. The tournament was part of the 2019 edition of the Pan American Games, hosted by Lima, Peru. A total of eight men's teams (each consisting of up to 24 players) competed. Thus, a total of 192 athletes were scheduled to compete. After having been contested for the first time in 2015, women's baseball was dropped for this edition. Puerto Rico won the gold medal game over Canada, 6–1, and were undefeated during the tournament. Nicaragua finished in third place. The top finishers in the event that were not already qualified for the 2019 WBSC Premier12 were awarded the final one or two spots (depending on other qualification paths) in the Americas Qualifying Event for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Nicaragua and Colombia so qualified for the Americas Qualifying Event via their third-place and fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa María Del Triunfo
Villa María del Triunfo is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is located in the Cono Sur area of the city of Lima. It was officially established as a district on December 28, 1961. The current mayor (''alcalde'') of Villa María del Triunfo is Eloy Chávez Hernández. Geography The district has a total land area of 70.57 km2. Its administrative center is located 158 meters above sea level. Boundaries * North: La Molina * East: Pachacamac * South: Villa El Salvador and Lurín * West: San Juan de Miraflores Demographics According to a 2002 estimate by the INEI, the district has 329,057 inhabitants and a population density of 4662.8 persons/km2. In 1999, there were 71,889 households in the district. According to Propoli (http://www.propoli.org/quehacemos.htm) : the principal economic activities in the region are timber, restaurants, footwear, clothing, metalworking, tourism. Undernourishment rate is 14.76% Population without access to drinking water is 34.05% Popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Domínguez
Jeffrey may refer to: * Jeffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Jeffrey'' (1995 film), a 1995 film by Paul Rudnick, based on Rudnick's play of the same name * ''Jeffrey'' (2016 film), a 2016 Dominican Republic documentary film *Jeffrey's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada *Jeffrey City, Wyoming, United States *Jeffrey Street, Sydney, Australia *Jeffrey's sketch, a sketch on American TV show ''Saturday Night Live'' *''Nurse Jeffrey'', a spin-off miniseries from the American medical drama series ''House, MD'' * Jeffreys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa People with the surname * Alexander Jeffrey (1806–1874), Scottish solicitor and historian *Charles Jeffrey (footballer) (died 1915), Scottish footballer *E. C. Jeffrey (1866–1952), Canadian-American botanist *Grant Jeffrey (1948–2012), Canadian writer *Hester C. Jeffrey (1842–1934), American activist, suffragist and community organizer * Richard Jeffrey (1926–2002), American philosopher, logician, and proba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rivera (baseball)
Jose Rivera may refer to: * José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903–1936), Spanish politician * José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928), Colombian politician and writer *José Rivera (playwright) (born 1955), American playwright *José Antonio Rivera (born 1973), Puerto Rican-American boxer * Jose Rivera (politician) (born 1936), American politician *José Rivera (ski jumper) (born 1962), Spanish Olympic ski jumper * José Rivera (volleyball) (born 1977), Puerto Rican volleyball player *José de Rivera (1904–1985), sculptor *José Luis Rivera Guerra (born 1973), Puerto Rican politician *José Rivera Díaz, former mayor of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico *José Manuel Rivera (born 1986), Mexican football striker *José Rivera (arsonist), arsonist, related to the Dupont Plaza Hotel arson fire *Jose Luis Rivera Marcelino Rivera Alicea (born August 6, 1960), better known as Jose Luis Rivera, is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is notable for his time in the World Wrestling Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Padilla (baseball)
Jorge Rafael Padilla (born August 11, 1979 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was first called up to the major leagues on August 5, 2009. Professional career Minor league journeyman: 1998 to 2008 Padilla was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the third round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft. He soon made his debut with the Rookie-level Martinsville Phillies. He batted .356 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 23 games. In Padilla split his season between the Class A Piedmont Boll Weevils, where in 44 games he hit .208 with three homers and 17 RBIs, and the Short-season Batavia Muckdogs, where in 65 games he hit .252 with three homers and 30 RBIs. With the Class A Clearwater Phillies Padilla ranked ninth in the South Atlantic League in batting with a .305 average. He also had 11 home runs and 67 RBIs in 108 games in . He spent the entire season with Class A Advanced Clearwater, hitting .260 with 16 homers, 66 RBIs and 23 sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efraín Nieves
Efraín Nieves (born November 15, 1989) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Lamigo Monkeys. Career Milwaukee Brewers Nieves attended the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy. The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Nieves in the seventh round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. After playing rookie ball in 2007 and 2008, Nieves was promoted to the Single-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers for the 2009 season. He would spend the entire 2010 season for the Timber Rattlers as well, pitching to a 5.56 ERA with 53 strikeouts and 41 walks. Nieves was promoted to the advanced Single-A Brevard County Manatees in 2011, where he spent the season. On March 26, 2012, Nieves was released by the Brewers. Detroit Tigers On April 24, 2012, Nieves signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers organization. Nieves spent the year with the low Single-A Connecticut Tigers and re-signed with the Tigers on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Mateo
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozzie Martínez
Osvaldo "Ozzie" Martínez (born May 7, 1988) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the Sioux Falls Canaries of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins. Career Florida Marlins Martínez was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 11th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft out of Porterville College. He was called up to the Majors for the first time on September 19, 2010, walking in his one at-bat as a pinch hitter. The following day, he started at shortstop for the Marlins against the St. Louis Cardinals and recorded his first hit, a single to center field off Chris Carpenter. He appeared in 14 games for the Marlins in 2010 and another 20 in 2011, with a combined batting average of .258. Chicago White Sox Martínez and Jhan Mariñez were sent to the Chicago White Sox on September 29, 2011 as compensation for the hiring of Ozzie Guillén by the Marlins, as Guillen had one year remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Martínez (baseball)
Miguel Martinez may refer to: *Miguel Martinez (basketball) (born 1989), Lebanese basketball player *Miguel Martinez (politician), New York City Council member *Miguel Martinez (cyclist) (born 1976), French mountain biker *Miguel Martínez (actor) (born 1991), Mexican actor *Miguel Martínez (wrestler) (born 1991), Cuban sport wrestler *Miguel Martínez, footballer for the Honduran club C.D. Victoria *Miguel Martínez Domínguez (1921–2014), Mexican musician, composer and arranger of mariachi *Miguel Martínez (Spanish footballer) (born 1981), Spanish football goalkeeper *Miguel Martínez (Paraguayan footballer) (born 1998), Paraguayan football goalkeeper *Miguel Edgardo Martínez Miguel Edgardo Martínez Pineda (born 12 August 1965) is a Honduran politician. He currently serves as deputy of the National Congress of Honduras representing the National Party of Honduras for Comayagua Comayagua () is a city, municipality ... (born 1965), Honduran politician See also * Miguel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Maldonado
Iván Maldonado Oquendo (born June 7, 1980) is a Puerto Rican-American baseball pitcher who is free agent. Career Maldonado was drafted by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 2002 MLB draft. Maldonado was signed by the Long Island Ducks, an independent team on April 9, 2010. After the 2020 season, he played for Criollos de Caguas of the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente(LBPRC). He has also played for Puerto Rico in the 2021 Caribbean Series. International career He also was a member of the Puerto Rico team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo .... References External links MILB Player Bio 1980 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Luciano
Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant '' Kevan'' is anglicized from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés López (baseball)
Andrés López may refer to: * Andrés López Forero (born 1971), Colombian comedian and actor * Andrés W. López, Puerto Rico member of the Democratic National Committee * Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 1953), Mexican politician, serving as president of the country since 2018 * Andrés López (badminton) (born 1992), Mexican badminton player * Andrés López (footballer) (born 1993), Ecuadorian footballer {{hndis, Lopez, Andres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
