Editing Tony Pérez (section)

==Early life==
Pérez was born in [[Ciego de Ávila, Cuba]] in 1942, the son of José Manuel and Teodora (Rígal) Pérez. Tony and his parents and siblings all lived in a two-bedroom row house owned by the sugar mill where Tony's father, and eventually Tony, worked. Tony later played shortstop for the Mill's baseball team, Central Violeta.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4zXfCwAAQBAJ&dq=shortstop+for+the+Mill%27s+baseball+team,+Central+Violeta&pg=PA328|title=Hairs vs. Squares: The Mustache Gang, the Big Red Machine, and the Tumultuous Summer of '72|page=328|first=Ed|last=Gruver|date=2016|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=9780803288195|access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>

He was signed to a pro contract in 1960 at age 17 by [[Cincinnati Reds]] scout [[Tony Pacheco]] while playing on the Camagüey sugar factory team. He was assigned to the instructional team of the Reds' AAA affiliate [[Havana Sugar Kings]]. His "bonus" for signing with the Reds was the $2.50 cost of a visa and a plane ticket to [[Miami, Florida]].<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxyD3Wu1BlUC&q=tony+perez+reds+parents&pg=PA159 |title=Latino Baseball Legends: An Encyclopedia – LEW FREEDMAN – Google Books |date=August 31, 2010 |access-date=March 31, 2013|isbn=9780313378683 |last1=Freedman |first1=Lew |publisher=Abc-Clio }}</ref>