HAVANA (AP)—Right-handed pitcher Pedro Luis Lazo has retired from Cuban baseball after dominating hitters for two decades.Lazo is Cuba’s career win leader, with a 257-136 record over 21 seasons. He played in four Olympics and both World Baseball Classics. Only one Cuban pitcher has bested his 2,426 career strikeouts.He arrived for a game honoring him on Sunday in a horse-drawn carriage at the stadium in Pinar del Rio.">HAVANA (AP)—Right-handed pitcher Pedro Luis Lazo has retired from Cuban baseball after dominating hitters for two decades.Lazo is Cuba’s career win leader, with a 257-136 record over 21 seasons. He played in four Olympics and both World Baseball Classics. Only one Cuban pitcher has bested his 2,426 career strikeouts.He arrived for a game honoring him on Sunday in a horse-drawn carriage at the stadium in Pinar del Rio.">

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Record-setting pitcher Lazo retires in Cuba

  • Submitted by: manso
  • 12 / 27 / 2010

HAVANA (AP)—Right-handed pitcher Pedro Luis Lazo has retired from Cuban baseball after dominating hitters for two decades.

Lazo is Cuba’s career win leader, with a 257-136 record over 21 seasons. He played in four Olympics and both World Baseball Classics. Only one Cuban pitcher has bested his 2,426 career strikeouts.

He arrived for a game honoring him on Sunday in a horse-drawn carriage at the stadium in Pinar del Rio, where he long formed a fearsome pitching duo with Jose Ariel Contreras.

Lazo had a 90 mph (144 kph) fastball and an 85 mph (136 kph) curve, along with a slider and forkball.

Source:http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-cuba-lazoretires

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