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Kendrys Morales Rodriguez (born June 20, 1983) is a Cuban professional baseball designated hitter for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins. He is a switch hitter who throws right-handed. Morales suffered an ankle injury on May 29, 2010, during a celebration of his walk-off grand slam, which kept him out of Major League Baseball for nearly two years. On April 6, 2012, Morales returned to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's line-up for the season opener against the Kansas City Royals. Morales has also played first base during his MLB career. ==Cuban career== Morales played in Cuba's equivalent of the United States' Triple-A level. With 16- to 17-year-olds in the category, he was the first starter of the pitching staff, and fourth in the batting order, and had the ability to hit home runs from both sides of the plate. Morales joined the Cuban national baseball team in and immediately became a star player—despite being the first teenager to make the team in nearly twenty years. He was the cleanup hitter on the team during its dramatic World Cup championship. His grand slam in the final round against Taiwan secured a 6–3 Cuban victory, one game after hitting a home run that provided the winning runs against Brazil. In his first—of two and a half—full season with Havana's Industriales, in 2002, Morales had a batting average of .324 with 21 home runs and 82 RBI, and pitched in a game during the regular season, setting seven rookie records in the process (including HR and RBI); and obviously becoming Rookie of the Year, being considered the best rookie in the history of Cuban baseball. In his second season he suffered an injury and did not hit as many home runs as in his rookie season, but he finished with a .391 batting average. Morales' stardom in Cuba was short-lived, however. He was sent back to Cuba from Panama during the Olympic qualifying round in November 2003 for making contact with an agent. It was the last time he would suit up as a Cuban. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kendrys Morales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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