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  Carlos Delgado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Delgado was one of the first Puerto Rican players to agree to play for Puerto Rico in the MLB World Baseball Classic, representing the island.
As part of the Navy-Vieques protests, Delgado was actively opposed to the use of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico as a bombing target practice facility of the military of the United States, until bombing was halted in 2003.
Delgado had explained that the playing of God Bless America had come to be equated with a war in which he didn't believe.
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 Carlos Delgado Chalbaud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud Gómez (January 20, 1909 - November 13, 1950) was President of Venezuela 1948-1950.
Born in Caracas, Delgado spent his entire adult life in the Venezuelan army.
By 1945 he was a high-ranking officer and was among the leaders of a military coup.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Carlos Delgado
Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25, 1972 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Mets.
Carlos Delgado is headed to the Mets, 10 months after he spurned New York to sign with the Florida Marlins.
Delgado received just $4 million last season and is owed $13.5 million in 2006, $14.5 million in 2007 and $16 million in 2008.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Carlos-Delgado   (3147 words)

  
 JockBio: Carlos Delgado Facts
In 2002, Carlos became the first Blue Jay in franchise history to post at least 30 HR is six straight seasons, and drive in at least 100 runs in five straight seasons.
Carlos is the fifth American Leaguer to hit four homers in a game.
Carlos uses a 35-inch, 34-ounce bat, one of the biggest pieces of lumber in baseball.
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 Fantasy Baseball - RotoTimes.com
Carlos Delgado (1B) NYM said he was assured by Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria that he would not be traded this offseason, according to the Miami Herald.
Carlos Delgado (1B) NYM went 1-for-3, adding a run and an RBI on a solo shot that put the Marlins ahead of the Giants, in his return from a sore hand on Saturday.
Carlos Delgado (1B) NYM tested his sore left elbow and hand by taking pregame batting practice Friday, and he could be back in the mix as soon as Saturday, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
www.rototimes.com /index.php?sport=bsball&type=playernotes&name=player_364   (548 words)

  
 Carlos Delgado: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
First base, or 1b, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that...
Delgado protested the occupation during the 2004 season[For more info, click on this link] by staying in the dugout dugout (baseball) quick summary:
(Delgado was for his passive protest during a game at Yankee Stadium[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject].
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/carlos_delgado.htm   (1392 words)

  
 Blue Jays Slugger Carlos Delgado Stands Up to War
Delgado fortunately is aided by both his superstar status and the fact he plays in Canada where the media is less likely to take orders from the Pentagon and slam the slugger.
Delgado is from Puerto Rico and has campaigned for years to end the U.S. Navy's presence in Vieques, an island that had been a weapons testing ground for sixty years.
Delgado is now part of a movement to get the US government to clean up their mess.
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 Florida Marlins, Carlos Delgado, Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit, Major League Baseball, New York Mets - CBS SportsLine.com
NEW YORK -- Carlos Delgado is headed to the Mets, 10 months after he spurned New York to sign with the Florida Marlins.
The Mets reached a preliminary agreement Wednesday to acquire Delgado and $7 million from the Marlins for first baseman Mike Jacobs and minor-league pitcher Yusmeiro Petit, a baseball official familiar with the talks said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal was not final.
Delgado's move to Shea bolsters a lethal Mets' lineup that already boasts Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran as table-setters, with David Wright and Cliff Floyd in the heart of the order.
cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/story/9059180   (1074 words)

  
 Toronto Blue Jays, Carlos Delgado, Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
Delgado is eligible for free agency this fall, and is earning $18.5 million this season to end a four-year deal.
Delgado, the franchise leader in home runs and RBI, was second in AL MVP voting last year after hitting.302 with 42 homers and a major league-leading 145 RBI.
Delgado said he was glad to have the trade issue settled, and hoped to put the focus back on playing.
www.sportsline.com /mlb/story/7501884   (702 words)

  
 The New York Times > Sports > Baseball > Sports of The Times: Delgado Makes a Stand by Taking a Seat
Delgado, a native of Puerto Rico, sees his protest as consistent with his earlier opposition to the Navy's use of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques as a weapons testing ground.
Delgado, who was signed by Toronto when he was 16, spent two years involved in the movement to force the Navy to stop using Vieques as a testing site.
Delgado doesn't feel the troops should be in Iraq, much as he felt the United States should not have been in Vieques.
www.nytimes.com /2004/07/21/sports/baseball/21rhoden.html?ex=1248148800&en=127e5a9c82079c57&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland   (1277 words)

  
 Carlos Delgado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Carlos Juan Delgado (born June 25, 1972) is a major league baseball player with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Originally a catcher, Delgado became a first baseman in the major leagues and rapidly became one of the league's best power hitters.
On September 25, 2003, in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Delgado became the only the fifth American League player and 15th major league player to hit 4 home runs in one game.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Carlos_Delgado.html   (1261 words)

  
 New York Mets : News : New York Mets News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Carlos Delgado flashes a thumbs-up sign as he poses with the Mets brass on Monday.
Delgado also dismissed the rehash of his spurning the Mets' offers last year when he was a free agent and the supposed rift between him and Minaya's assistant, Tony Bernazard.
Delgado switched to 25, as his birthday is June 25, and he wore that number with the Marlins.
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 Carlos Delgado Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Carlos Delgado was born on Sunday, June 25, 1972, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Delgado was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 1, 1993, with the Toronto Blue Jays.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Carlos Delgado baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=delgaca01   (345 words)

  
 New York Mets : News : New York Mets News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
One year ago, Delgado could not have fathomed that he would be calling the Mets' Spring Training complex home -- especially not when the crowd so lustily booed the very mention of his name that it startled Delgado's future wife, Betzaida, in the stadium parking lot.
Delgado knows there still will be naysayers, burned by his decision to side-step the Mets' offer in favor of South Florida.
Delgado appears ready to embrace his new team and new city, with last season retired to but a memory, and he said he is ready to have a great year in New York.
newyork.mets.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060222&content_id=1319362&vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym   (1099 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Fantasy Sports
Delgado has had a tough stretch over the last two weeks, but he can go from slump to tear with the best of them.
ET Carlos Delgado hit a walk-off solo homer off Pirates reliever Mike Gonzalez in the bottom of the 12th inning on Wednesday.
Delgado, the first hitter in the bottom of the 12th, took a 1-1 pitch from Gonzalez and deposited it into the left field seats.
fantasybaseball.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=MLB&id=1911   (422 words)

  
 Borges: Don't boo Delgado for Iraq protest - Baseball - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Carlos Delgado walks out of the dugout to the clubhouse in the middle of the seventh inning, before the playing of "God Bless America," during their game against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
Delgado is the leading anti-war activist in major league baseball.
Delgado was one man taking an unpopular stance (at least in New York) for something he strongly believes in.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5482059   (1073 words)

  
 KFFL - Carlos Delgado, 1B, New York Mets
New York Mets 1B Carlos Delgado was rested against the Florida Marlins Saturday, May 27, because lefthanded SP Dontrelle Willis was pitching, according to the Associated Press.
New York Mets 1B Carlos Delgado (elbow) traveled to Florida Friday, Mar. 10, in order to have his injured left elbow examined by the team's medical staff, according to the Associated Press.
Delgado, who has tendinitis, is expected to return to Puerto Rico this weekend to participate in the World Baseball Classic, and is considered to be day-to-day.
www.kffl.com /player/5231/MLB   (2326 words)

  
 The Silencing of Carlos Delgado
Delgado's contribution to this tradition of pride in the face of conformity was to refuse to stand for the singing of "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch.
Delgado could be an important voice in the effort to end it once and for all.
Ironically, one of the parts of the press conference that was genuinely touching was Delgado's thrill at finally being able to wear a jersey with the number 21 of his hero, the great Roberto Clemente.
www.thenation.com /doc/20051219/zirin   (1189 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Blue Jays' Delgado a free agent
Delgado's departure from the Blue Jays is not a surprise.
Delgado hit.269 with 32 homers and 99 RBIs in 128 games this past season, missing six weeks with a rib cage injury.
Delgado won't be a free agent for long if interest is any indication.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2004/12/08/Sports/delgado041208.html   (1095 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Baseball - Mets clean up with Delgado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
With Delgado owed $13.5 million next season and free-agent closer Billy Wagner commanding roughly $11 million a season if he signs, the Mets could soon be $5 million over the money freed by shedding Mike Piazza's contract and swapping Mike Cameron for Xavier Nady, who will play right field.
Delgado lashed out at Bernazard during last winter's recruitment, calling him "the highest paid translator on the planet" during a face-to-face meeting.
Delgado's political views sometimes get misinterpreted as a lack of patriotism, but he donated $100,000 to a fund for children and widows of New York City firefighters after Sept. 11.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/story/368568p-313578c.html   (711 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Mets - End Zone: Hometown hero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Carlos Delgado with blushing bride Betzy after saying their vows yesterday at a ceremony in Puerto Rico.
Delgado drinks cranberry juice when he's at Tiburon and the stakes are nothing more than old, plastic chips of different colors.
Delgado's father taught his son to play baseball and later was the inspiration for Delgado taking vocal stances on issues like the U.S. Navy's test bombings on the island of Vieques (the Navy ceased all such exercises in May 2003), and the refusal to stand for the anthem in protest of the war in Iraq.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/mets/story/371527p-316095c.html   (1636 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: M's seek Delgado, Sexson
AARON HARRIS / AP First baseman Carlos Delgado averaged.290, 36 homers and 115 RBI in nine seasons in Toronto.
In discussions with the Mariners, who have made an offer of three or four years to him, Delgado is believed to have made clear his expectation of playing the majority of games at first, a stance he maintained for his nine years as Toronto's everyday starter at that position.
In Delgado's nine full years, including 2004 when a ribcage injury limited him to 128 games, he hit about.290 with averages of 36 homers and 115 RBI.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002102043_mari27.html   (698 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Mariners, Orioles pursuing Delgado
Delgado, who has spent his entire career in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, said his agent David Sloane will talk to both clubs next week during the annual general managers meetings in Florida.
Delgado said the Orioles are an attractive choice due to its core of Latin players which includes former American League MVP Miguel Tejada, fellow Puerto Rican Javier Lopez and Venezuelan Melvin Mora.
Delgado batted.269 with 32 home runs and 99 RBIs in 2004 even though he missed 34 games due to nagging knee injuries.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2004/11/05/Sports/delgado041105.html   (863 words)

  
 Mets reel in Delgado -- Newsday.com
The Mets targeted Delgado from the outset of the offseason, once it became clear the Marlins would be shedding significant payroll.
The fact that Delgado and Bernazard may have lingering resentment doesn't figure to be much of a sticking point; they needn't interact with each other.
Delgado also caused controversy in 2004, his final season with Toronto, when he revealed he refusal to stand during "God Bless America." The Mets play the song only on Sundays and holidays.
newsday.com /sports/baseball/mets/ny-spmets112405,0,3173460.story?...   (884 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Sports - Mets closing in on Delgado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Carlos Delgado could land at Shea this week as Marlins tear apart team.
The $48 million owed to Delgado over the next three years, plus a salary adjustment of at least $1.5 million to account for state taxes in New York that don't exist in Florida, would seem to preclude the Mets from landing Manny Ramirez.
Delgado, 33, would give the Mets the bona fide power hitter the team has lacked.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/story/368388p-313440c.html   (654 words)

  
 KFFL - Carlos Delgado, 1B, New York Mets
Joe DiGiovanni, of NewYork.Mets.MLB.com, reports New York Mets 1B Carlos Delgado went 3-for-5 with a homer, one RBI and two runs scored Friday, May 12.
Beltran defeated Delgado 8-6 before a crowd of around 7,000 students in a benefit for the scholarship fund of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School.
Delgado receives $13.5 million in 2006, $14.5 million in 2007 and $16 million in 2008, and the agreement includes a $16 million option for 2009 that would become guaranteed based on how Delgado does in MVP voting and whether he earns postseason MVP awards.
www.kffl.com /player/5231/mlb   (2326 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: Delgado a fit with M's?
While it is fairly certain the Mariners have Carlos Delgado at the top of their winter wish list, the former Blue Jays first baseman seems to hold Seattle in similar regard.
Mariners officials met Friday with David Sloan, Delgado's Florida-based agent, near the end of the general-manager meetings in Key Biscayne, to express their interest, which is known to be considerable.
The most obvious is his production, averaging 36 homers and 113 runs batted in over his nine years as a regular for the Jays, along with a.282 average,.392 on base percentage and.556 slugging, all eye-opening.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002091875_mari16.html   (500 words)

  
 Pro Sports Daily: Carlos Delgado News
Carlos Delgado is experiencing a mysterious case of tendinitis in his left elbow, forcing him to miss Sunday's exhibition game between the Mets and the Puerto Rican national team and leaving open the possibility of further injury during round-robin play."
Newsday: "It was only a year ago that Carlos Delgado was engaged in a verbal war with the Mets, one that started at a news conference in Miami and escalated as soon as he slipped on a Marlins jersey for spring training."
New York Post (registration required): " A year later, the Mets are close to landing slugger Carlos Delgado, and ex-Yankee Alfonso Soriano again is on their radar screen as Omar Minaya tries to add some punch to a lineup that finished 15th in on-base percentage in the National League...
www.prosportsdaily.com /players/carlos-delgado.html   (3848 words)

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