Víctor Mesa Martínez (born February 20, 1960) is a Cuban

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and former player. Mesa played for 19 seasons in the

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. He is a one-time Olympic gold medalist for baseball, won at the

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. His sons, Víctor Víctor Mesa and Víctor Mesa Jr.,

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from Cuba in 2018. Both became professional baseball players in the Miami Marlins organization.

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