Darío Antonio Veras (born March 13, 1973) is a former

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

player. A

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

, Veras played for the

San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL penna ...

( and ) and

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

(). Veras attempted a comeback with the

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

in 2007, but ultimately was cut from the team during spring training. Veras signed with the

Vaqueros Laguna The ''vaquero'' (; pt, vaqueiro, , ) is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and extensively developed in Mexico from a methodology brought to Latin America from Spain. The vaquero became t ...

of the

Mexican League The Mexican League (, ) is a professional baseball league based in Mexico and the oldest running professional league in the country. The league has 18 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season. Five te ...

and played for them during the 2010 season.

External links

1973 births Águilas Cibaeñas players Akron Aeros players Boston Red Sox players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in South Korea Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Hyundai Unicorns players KBO League pitchers Kinston Indians players Living people Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Major League Baseball pitchers Pawtucket Red Sox players San Diego Padres players Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball Bakersfield Dodgers players Chinatrust Whales players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Dorados de Chihuahua players Gulf Coast Royals players Gigantes del Cibao players Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players Memphis Chicks players Mobile BayBears players Omaha Golden Spikes players Potros de Tijuana players Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players Sultanes de Monterrey players Vaqueros Laguna players Vero Beach Dodgers players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico {{DominicanRepublic-baseball-pitcher-stub