Roland Robert de la Maza (born November 11, 1971) is a former

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player who played one game for the

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in 1997. His father, Rolando, was a Cuban immigrant. He attended St. Genevieve High School in California and later played

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. He was drafted by the

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in the 15th round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft. On August 30, 1997, he was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Kansas City Royals for Bip Roberts. The only game he played was on September 26, 1997. He was substituted into the game for

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in the sixth inning and allowed a

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to the first batter he faced,

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. He struck out the next batter,

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, and retired five of the following six batters.

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