After a life dedicated to baseball, the renowned pilot Omar Malavé died this Monday at his home in Florida, USA, at the age of 58.
The news, announced through social networks, mourned Venezuelan baseball, where the Cumanés made a career as a player and strategist.
In the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), Malave played a total of 10 seasons as an infielder for the Cardenales de Lara (from 1980 to 1990) and later achieved glory as a helmsman.
He was two-time champion directing Cardenales de Lara in 1998 and 1999, when the crepuscular won the second and third titles in their history, defeating the Leones del Caracas on both occasions.
At that time he became just the ninth Venezuelan strategist to lift the title in Venezuela, joining:
- Canonical Daniel
- Ernest Aparicio
- Jose Antonio Casanova
- Gratian Ravelo
- Alfonso «Chico» Carrasquel
- Domingo Alvarez
- Pompey Davalillo
- Gregorio machado
Besides Cardenales, Malavé also directed Caribes de Anzoátegui, Leones del Caracas and Navegantes del Magallanes.
In the US, he was always linked to the Toronto Blue Jays' farms. In 2010 he was first base coach, in 2013 as operations coordinator for Latin America and in 2014 as driver for the Dunedin Blue Jays (Advanced Class A)
This year he was a pilot for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna in the Mexican Baseball League (LMB).
