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Gustavo Molina

グスタボ・モリーナ　/　ぐすたぼ・もりーな

Baseball player from Venezuela

February 24, 1982 (age 44)　・　La Guaira, Vargas state, Venezuela

Vargas state
baseball player

My Take

Gustavo Molina is exactly the kind of player I find quietly fascinating. A catcher out of La Guaira, Venezuela, he passed through five storied franchises from the White Sox to the Yankees between 2007 and 2011. He was never a headline star, but the fact that team after team wanted him behind the plate tells me he was a trusted professional who did the unglamorous work well. Catchers live in stats nobody cheers for, shepherding pitchers and steadying a defense. Coming from a baseball-mad country and carving out a role on grit rather than glamour, Molina embodies the honest craftsman ethos I genuinely respect.

Overview

Gustavo Molina (born February 24, 1982) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees from 2007 to 2011.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Gustavo Molina
Name (Japanese): グスタボ・モリーナ
Reading: ぐすたぼ・もりーな
Born: February 24, 1982 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Dog
Origin: La Guaira, Vargas state, Venezuela
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A

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