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La Habana (baseball)
La Habana was a baseball team in the Cuban National Series up to 2010. Representing the former La Habana Province (''Provincia de La Habana''), the ''Vaqueros'' won their first ever National Series in 2009, and reached the National Series final against Santiago de Cuba in 2004-05. La Habana had three pitchers on the Cuban team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic: Yulieski González, Jonder Martínez and Yadier Pedroso. This team disappeared in 2011, since La Habana province was divided in two new provinces Artemisa and Mayabeque with their respective baseball teams: Cazadores de Artemisa (Hunters) and Huracanes de Mayabeque (Hurricanes) Notable players * Luis Ignacio González * José Ibar * Juan Carlos Linares * Oscar Macías * Romelio Martínez * Juan Carlos Millán * Gerardo Miranda * Andy Morales * Manuel Morales * José Manuel Pedroso José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Habana Vaqueros (emblem)
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artemisa Province
Artemisa Province is one of the two new provinces created from the former La Habana Province, whose creation was approved by the Cuban National Assembly on August 1, 2010, the other being Mayabeque Province. The new provinces came into existence on January 1, 2011. Overview Artemisa was the largest city and municipality of the former La Habana Province. The newly formed province combined the eight western municipalities of La Habana Province and three eastern municipalities of neighbor province Pinar del Río (Bahía Honda, Candelaria and San Cristóbal). The capital and largest city is Artemisa (47,000 pop. in 2015). The new province is only larger than Havana city and Mayabeque, but with more population than four other Cuban provinces. It is the most densely populated, after Havana city and Santiago de Cuba. The economy of the Artemisa province is based mainly on agriculture (fruits, potatoes, rice, vegetables, sugar cane) and industry of building materials (two cement factor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Manuel Pedroso
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Morales (baseball)
Manuel Francisco Morales (July 23, 1919 – November 12, 2009) was a Honduran-born American biophysicist who did pivotal research on the molecular basis of muscle contraction. Scientific career In the 1950s at the Naval Medical Research Institute, Morales and Terrell Hill showed that the high energy of the terminal phosphate bond in ATP was due to electrostatic repulsion between the three phosphate groups, and he and Richard Podolsky measured the heat of hydrolysis for ATP cleavage, the fundamental energy currency of biological metabolism. Awards and service Morales was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (Japan). He served as president of the Biophysical Society for 1968–69, and was the founding editor of the ''Annual Review of Biophysics''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Morales
Andy Morales (born December 3, 1974, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba) is a Cuban former professional baseball player. He played third base domestically for La Habana in the Cuban National Series and for the Cuban national baseball team in international play before he defected from Cuba in 2000. Coming to the United States, Morales played in minor league baseball for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox organizations in 2001 and 2002. Career Cuba Morales played for La Habana in the Cuban National Series. He also played the Cuban national baseball team in an exhibition series against the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball, hitting a three-run home run in the game held in Baltimore. Morales attempted to defect from Cuba in June 2000 with the help of agent Gus Dominguez. Caught at sea by the United States Coast Guard along with 30 other Cubans seeking asylum in the United States, he was returned to Cuba under the "wet feet, dry feet policy". He was allowed to return home, but was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerardo Miranda (baseball)
Gerardo Miranda Concepción (born 16 November 1956), known simply as Gerardo, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Gerardo was born in Nouakchott, French West Africa, to Spanish parents working there. During his career he played for UD Las Palmas and FC Barcelona, retiring in 1990 at his first club in the Segunda División; he started out as a winger under manager Roque Olsen, being reconverted by Miguel Muñoz. Gerardo's best season came in 1984–85, when he appeared in 28 matches and scored three goals as the Catalans won the La Liga title. When his team conquered the 1981–82 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, he contributed five appearances. International career Gerardo earned nine caps with the Spain national team, but was never selected for any major tournament. His debut was on 20 June 1981, in a 2–0 friendly loss against Portugal where he was deployed as sweeper. Honours Barcelona *La Liga: 1984–85 *Copa del Rey: 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Millán
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, born March 2002), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Macías (baseball)
Oscar Macias Hernández (born February 1, 1969) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... silver medalist. External linksOlympic Info* 1969 births Living people Vaqueros de la Habana players Olympic baseball players for Cuba Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball {{cuba-baseball-bio-stub Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball 20th-century Cuban people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Linares
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, born March 2002), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ibar
José Ibar Martínez (born May 4, 1969) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... silver medalist. References * * 1969 births Living people Vaqueros de la Habana players Olympic baseball players of Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Baseball players at the 1995 Pan American Games Baseball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people {{Cuba-baseball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Ignacio González
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 derivat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
