Eduardo Paret

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paret and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Eduardo Paret
Shortstop
Born: (1972-10-23) October 23, 1972 (age 53) Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right
SNB debut
April 15, 1997, for the Naranjas de Villa Clara
SNB statistics (through 2008)
Home runs	139
Average	.293
Teams
Naranjas de Villa Clara (1997-2008)
Career highlights and awards
Baseball World Cup MVP (2005)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Cuba World Baseball Classic 2006 San Diego Team Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team Baseball World Cup 2001 Taipei Team 2003 Cuba Team 2005 Netherlands Team 2007 Taipei Team Intercontinental Cup 1995 Havana Team 2002 Havana Team 2006 Taipei Team Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Team

Eduardo Paret Pérez (born October 23, 1972, in Santa Clara) is a former Cuban baseball player. He is a shortstop for Villa Clara of the Cuban National Series, and for the Cuban national baseball team.^[1]

Paret was the starting shortstop on the Cuban teams that won gold medals at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics and second place at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He was named most valuable player of the 2005 Baseball World Cup after going 12 for 19 with 8 stolen bases in the tournament.^[2]

In July 1997, Paret and his Villa Clara teammates Osmani García and Angel López spoke with Cuban defector Rolando Arrojo by telephone. As a result, they were banned from Cuban baseball for "maintaining contact with baseball traitors."^[3] The ban has since been lifted. On July 28, 2006, ESPN.com reported that Paret and Yulieski Gurriel had defected from Cuba and into Colombia. .^[4] Days later, Gurriel denied the report.^[5]

References

1. "Eduardo Paret Pérez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
2. "World Cup Baseball 2005". official site. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
3. Jamail, Milton H. (2000). Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-8093-2310-9.
4. "Report: Cuban baseball players defect in Colombia". ESPN.com news services. Retrieved July 28, 2006.
5. Rojas, Enrique. "Cuban star Gurriel has no interest in deserting". ESPNdeportes.com. Retrieved August 1, 2006.