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Levi Romero

レビ・ロメロ　/　れび・ろめろ

Baseball player from Venezuela

April 12, 1984 (age 42)　・　Anzoátegui, Venezuela

Anzoátegui
baseball player

My Take

Levi Romero is a name that rewards a closer look, because his career took a turn I find genuinely interesting. A Venezuelan pitcher out of Anzoategui, he came up through the Astros and Rangers minor league systems in the 2000s but never quite broke through in the United States. What catches my attention is the next chapter: he reinvented himself in Japan, pitching for the Yomiuri Giants and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 2009 to 2012. At 196 centimeters, he had the imposing build, and to me his story is a quiet reminder that a baseball career can find its real footing far from where it started.

Overview

Levi Jose Romero (born April 12, 1984) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. Romero played in the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers minor league systems from 2003 to 2008. He also played for the Yomiuri Giants and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Nippon Professional Baseball from 2009 to 2012.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Levi Romero
Name (Japanese): レビ・ロメロ
Reading: れび・ろめろ
Born: April 12, 1984 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rat
Origin: Anzoátegui, Venezuela
Blood type: Private
Height: 196 cm
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

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AD

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