Jorge Luis Valdés Berriel (12 February 1961 – 28 January 2025), nicknamed "Tati", was a Cuban baseball

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

who was Olympic Champion with Cuba at the

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. Valdés is considered the best left-handed pitcher in the history of the

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. Valdés died on 28 January 2025, at the age of 63.This was the final farewell to Jorge Luis Valdés, a legend of Cuban baseball
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