Adiel Palma López (born August 20, 1970) is a

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n left-handed

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for the

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and

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of the

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. Palma was on the gold medal-winning Cuban team at the

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and the silver medal-winning team at the

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. During the 2005-06 Cuban National Series, Palma was only 5–9 with a 5.02

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, but did strike out 109 batters in only innings. He has currently been living in Italy for several years, as a baseball coach for a team in

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References

1970 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Baseball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Baseball players at the 2007 Pan American Games 2003 Baseball World Cup players 2005 Baseball World Cup players 2006 World Baseball Classic players Pan American Games gold medalists in baseball Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Cuba-baseball-pitcher-stub