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'sbaseball 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, inSanta Clara) is a formerCubanbaseball player. He is ashortstop forVilla Clara of theCuban National Series, and for theCuban national baseball team.^[1]

Paret was the starting shortstop on the Cuban teams that wongold medals at the1996 and2004 Summer Olympics and second place at the2006 World Baseball Classic. He was namedmost valuable player of the2005 Baseball World Cup after going 12 for 19 with 8 stolen bases in the tournament.^[2]

In July 1997, Paret and his Villa Clara teammatesOsmani García and Angel López spoke with Cuban defectorRolando 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 andYulieski Gurriel had defected from Cuba and into Colombia..^[4] Days later, Gurriel denied the report.^[5]

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