Víctor Zambrano
Pitcher
Born: (1975-08-06) August 6, 1975 (age 36) Los Teques, Venezuela
Batted: Switch	Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 21, 2001 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 2007 for the Baltimore Orioles
Career statistics
Win–Loss record	45–44
Earned run average	4.64
Strikeouts	529
Teams
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2001–2004) New York Mets (2004–2006) Toronto Blue Jays (2007) Baltimore Orioles (2007) La New Bears (2009) (CPBL) Dorados de Chihuahua (2010) (LMB)

Víctor Manuel Zambrano (born August 6, 1975 in Los Teques, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.

Major League Career (2001–09)[link]

Zambrano had a good repertoire and an aggressive pitching approach, using his 92-95 MPH sinking fastball, a changeup, and occasionally a quality slider. He was a converted infielder who fielded his position well and did a decent job holding on runners. However, his effectiveness was hampered by a lack of control. In 2003 he led the American League in walks, wild pitches, and hit batsmen, and in walks and wild pitches again in 2004, despite being traded to the National League at midseason. The New York Mets acquired him, along with reliever Bartolomé Fortunato, in a highly criticized deal for top-ranked^[1] pitching prospect Scott Kazmir and minor league pitcher Joselo Diaz.

On May 6, 2006, Zambrano suffered a torn flexor tendon in his pitching elbow, disabling him for the rest of the 2006 season.^[2] Doctors unexpectedly found a torn elbow ligament during surgery on May 15, resulting in the second Tommy John elbow surgery of his career. Zambrano was expected to be sidelined well into the 2007 season, and he was non-tendered by the Mets, and became a free agent in December 2006.

Zambrano joined La new Bears of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League in 2009. He made his debut on September 1. He pitched six innings with two earned runs. He lost to Uni Lions' Nerio Rodríguez 9 to 5.

Victor Zambrano was always known as a "journeyman" pitcher. On January 30, 2007, Zambrano signed a minor league contract, with an invitation to Major League spring training with the Toronto Blue Jays.^[3] He appeared in only eight games (two of them starts), before he was released on July 9. After signing a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, his contract was purchased by the Baltimore Orioles on September 9, 2007. For the rest of the 2007 season, he appeared in 5 games for the Orioles, made 2 starts, and was 0-1 with a 9.49 ERA. Following the 2007 season, he was released by the Orioles on October 1. On February 5, 2008, he signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Colorado Rockies. On June 7, 2008, the Rockies released him. He signed with the New York Yankees on July 31, 2008 and became a free agent at the end of the season.

During a 7-year baseball career, Zambrano compiled 45 wins, 529 strikeouts, and a 4.64 earned run average. He is a .123 hitter (9-for-73) with three runs scored and three runs batted in.

Victor has often mistakenly been thought to be related to Miami Marlins pitcher Carlos Zambrano. Both Carlos and Victor Zambrano are Venezuelan. Although they lived just an hour away from each other as children, they never knew each other.

After the 2009 season ended and no team had picked Zambrano up, he decided to retire from baseball.

In October 2009, his mother was kidnapped. She was rescued three days later by members of the Venezuelan national police. Three suspects were arrested. A fourth is still at large.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

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La Alta Escuela was one of the pioneering formations of the rap in Sevilla, Spain. Formed by Tote King (mc), Juaninacka (mc) together with Juanma (MC) (mc), Dj Randy (dj) and El Tralla (mc) (the one who left the group before extracting his only one LP En pie de vuelo).

Biography[link]

They began as a group of several friends doing music to amuse their selves. It was consisting of Tote King, Juaninacka, Juanma and Dj Randy. They had in project extract a model but Acción Sánchez listened to his work and thanks to him they obtained the necessary contact to turn the above mentioned model in what it would be his first and only one LP En pie de vuelo (1999). This work today is considered by some as the classic one of the Spanish hip-hop, in spite of small repercussion that had in his moment. The group dissolved between other reasons due to the fact that the distance was complicating them to realize the tests. Nowadays every component follows his career in the world of the hip-hop with his own projects.

Return[link]

In November, 2008 Tote King confirmed that it will return to launch a disc together with Juaninacka, Juanma (MC) y DJ Randy as La Alta Escuela coming soon. In addition in Tote King last LP we find a so called topic "La Reunión", in which Juaninacka collaborates, referring to the return of the group. And in the LP 41100 Juaninacka's Rock can listen to a qualified topic "La Alta Escuela rulez" in which they inform all the members of the group.

Discography[link]

• "En pie de vuelo(flight stand)" (LP) (Flow Records, 1999)

Solo discographies[link]

[edit] Juaninacka

• "El Japones (the Japanese)" (Promo) (2002)
• "Versión EP (EP version)" (EP) (Fiebre Records, 2003)
• "Caleidoscopio (kaleidoscope)" (LP) (Fiebre Records, 2004)
• "El Hombre(The man)" (Maxi) (Fiebre Records, 2005)
• "Luces de Neón (neon lights)" (LP) (Fiebre Records, 2006)
• "Good Musica(good music)" (Maqueta) (2007)
• ¨"41100 Rock" (LP) (Boa Music) (2009)
• ¨"Canciones de Ahora y Siempre(Now and forever songs)" (Mixtape free download) (2010)
• "Hellboyz" (LP) (Producida por aisho, (2011)

[edit] Con Billy el Niño y Don Dinero

• "Otra historia de Coria...(another story of Coria)" (Maxi) (Flow Records, 2000)

[edit] Juanma (MC)

• "El que faltaba(Which Lacked" (EP) (edison naula, 2005)

[edit] Tote King

• "Big King XXL" (Maketa) (Flow Records, 2001)
• "Duermen(sleep)" (Maxi) (Yo Gano - SuperEgo, 2001)
• "Matemáticas(Math)" (Maxi) (Yo Gano - SuperEgo, 2004)
• "Música para enfermos(Music for sick)" (LP) (SuperEgo, 2004)
• "Un tipo cualquiera(Some guy)" (LP) (BOA, 2006)
• "T.O.T.E." (LP) (BOA, 2008)
• "El lado oscuro de Gandhi(The Dark side of Gandhi)" (LP) (Sony Music, 5 October 2010)

[edit] Con ToteKing & Shotta

• "Nada pa mi (nothing for me)" (Maxi) (Yo Gano - SuperEgo, 2002)
• "Tu madre es una foca(yor mother is a seal)" (LP) (Yo Gano - SuperEgo, 2002)

tengo que volver a casa (I have to go home) (coming sooon)

[edit] Dj Randy

• "Un peso pesado (a heavyweight)" (2008)

[edit] Con Billy el Niño y Don Dinero

• "Otra historia de Coria...(Anothes story of Coria)" (Maxi) (Flow Records, 2000)

[edit] El Tralla

• "en la Calle(In the street)" (Maqueta) (2001)
• "La Calle En Demo(In the street demo)" (Maqueta) (2002)
• "Las Calles Hablan(the streets talks)" (Maxi Single) (Fiebre Records), (2006)

See also[link]

• Spanish hip hop
• Juaninacka
• Tote King
• Juanma (MC)ca:La Alta Escuela

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