About Omar Linares
Omar Linares Izquierdo is a Cuban former professional baseball third baseman, first baseman and coach. He played for the Cuba national baseball team as well as professionally for Vegueros de Pinar del Río of the Cuban National Series (SNB) and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). In 2009, Linares decided to become a hitting and first base coach for longtime rival team Industriales, helping them to conquer a national championship, his first as an assistant coach. As a 14-year-old, Linares was the starting second baseman for the Cuba national youth team at the World Championship, where they won gold.
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