Editing Tony Pérez (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Tony Perez All Star Parade 2008.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Pérez at the 2008 All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade]]
While playing winter ball in [[Puerto Rico]] in 1964, Pérez met Juana ("Pituka") de la Cantera, daughter of Pablo de la Cantera and Edilia Cortina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delafe.com/cardenas/guiae.htm |language=en|publisher=Delafe.com |title=E-mail Directory of Cardenenses |access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref> Also of Cuban descent, she grew up in Puerto Rico. Four months after meeting, the couple married in early 1965.<ref name="enquirer2000">{{Cite web |last=Haft |first=Chris |date=January 13, 2000 |title=Perez: from Cuba to Hall |url=http://reds.enquirer.com/2000/01/13/red_perez_from_cuba_to.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409073847/http://reds.enquirer.com/2000/01/13/red_perez_from_cuba_to.html |archive-date=April 9, 2013 |website=[[Cincinnati Enquirer]]}}</ref> They both became American citizens on October 18, 1971 in [[Cincinnati]].<ref name="google4">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19711019&id=EPgeAAAAIBAJ&pg=1718,3170115|title=Sarasota Journal|via=Google News Archive Search|access-date=October 25, 2014}}</ref> They have two sons, both born in Cincinnati, Victor Pérez (May 11, 1966) and [[Eduardo Pérez]] (September 11, 1969).

Victor played one season in the Reds' minor league system in 1990.<ref name="greatest21days">{{cite web|url=http://www.greatest21days.com/2014/04/interview-part-1-victor-perez-that.html|title=The Greatest 21 Days: Interview Part 1: Victor Perez, That Feeling|publisher=greatest21days.com|access-date=October 25, 2014}}</ref> He attended and graduated from [[Xavier University]] in Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Finance and Computer Science. He later moved to [[New York City]], where he worked in real estate and in telecommunications. He also attended acting school there and became a professional actor, first in New York City, and then for several years in London.<ref name="enquirer2000"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=perez-001vic |title=Victor Perez Minor League Statistics & History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date=May 11, 1968 |access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref>

Eduardo was an All-American third baseman at [[Florida State University]] and played in the [[College World Series]]. He was drafted in the first round (17th overall pick) by the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]. He played Major League Baseball for 13 seasons. After retiring as a player, he served as an [[ESPN]] commentator for five years. In 2009, he managed [[Leones de Ponce (baseball)|Leones de Ponce]] to the Puerto Rican League championship, and in 2011 and 2012 he was hitting coach for the [[Miami Marlins]]. He was bench coach of the [[Houston Astros]] for the 2013 season. In 2016, Eduardo joined SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio hosting The Leadoff Spot with [[Steve Phillips]]. He is married to Mirba (Rivera) and they have two daughters, Andreanna and Juliana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://houston.astros.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=hou&coachorstaffid=120408 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219182553/http://houston.astros.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=hou&coachorstaffid=120408 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |title=Manager and Coaches |publisher=Houston.astros.mlb.com |access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref>

In November 1972, Pérez was granted a 20-day visa to return to [[Cuba]] for the first time since a 1963 trip; however, the visa did not permit his wife and children to go, according to "Latino Baseball Legends: An Encyclopedia" by [[Lew Freedman]]. He took 17 suitcases of gifts, clothes, and medical supplies and reunited with his family in Central Violeta, Cuba—a 400-mile train ride from [[Havana]].<ref name="google1"/>

Tony's father, Jose Manuel – with whom Tony worked alongside as a teenager at the [[Camagüey]] sugar factory, hauling and stamping the company's name on the bags – died in 1979 at age 84 (some sources list his year of death as 1977). Tony has stated that, during his playing career, his family in Cuba would listen to the [[Voice of America]], which would give daily updates on Cuban players playing in the majors.<ref name="google1"/><ref name="enquirer2000"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Araton |first=Harvey |url=http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/tony-perez-on-cuba-and-its-team/ |title=Tony Pérez on Cuba and Its Team – NYTimes.com |publisher=Bats.blogs.nytimes.com |date=March 17, 2009 |access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref>

Tony's mother, Teodora ("Tita"), was 88 when Tony called her with the news in 2000 that he had been elected to the Hall of Fame.<ref name="Baseballhall.org"/> Tony was able to make a return visit to Cuba in 2002, only this time with his sons. Teodora died in 2008. Tony's oldest sister died in 1997. In 2000, for a luncheon honoring Tony, the Marlins arranged to surprise him by helping his two living sisters, Argelia and Gloria, secure visas and come to Miami from their homes in Central Violeta, Camagüey, Cuba.<ref name="sun-sentinel">{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-08-26/sports/0008260113_1_pituka-perez-reds-hall-sisters|title=Sisters Surprise Perez At Lunch|work=Sun Sentinel|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-date=2014-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025202014/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-08-26/sports/0008260113_1_pituka-perez-reds-hall-sisters|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://retro.cincinnati.com/Topics/Article/114/Tony-Perez-left-his-life-behind-to-play-baseball-in-America |title=Tony Perez left his life behind to play baseball in America |publisher=retro. Cincinnati.com |date=March 10, 2013 |access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-06-11/sports/9806110062_1_father-cuba-return-home |title=To Understand Joy, Visit Perez's Sorrow – Sun Sentinel |publisher=Articles.sun-sentinel.com |date=June 11, 1998 |access-date=March 31, 2013 |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922135811/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-06-11/sports/9806110062_1_father-cuba-return-home |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-01-12/sports/0001120228_1_perez-s-candidacy-baseball-writers-association-tony-perez|title=Hall Door Finally Open To Perez|work=Sun Sentinel|date=January 12, 2000|access-date=March 31, 2013|archive-date=September 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922134256/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-01-12/sports/0001120228_1_perez-s-candidacy-baseball-writers-association-tony-perez|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Pérez has cited Cuban-born [[Minnie Miñoso]] as his boyhood idol.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-07/site/ct-mov-1207-minoso-documentary-20121207_1_minnie-minoso-chicago-white-sox-cuban-comet | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208132109/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-07/site/ct-mov-1207-minoso-documentary-20121207_1_minnie-minoso-chicago-white-sox-cuban-comet | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 8, 2012 | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Minnie Minoso gets his moment | date=December 7, 2012}}</ref> Pérez advocated for many years in articles, speeches, and discussions to get Minoso elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref name="chicagonow">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/white-sox-observer/2011/11/the-push-to-get-minoso-in-the-hall-of-fame-continues/|title=The push to get Minoso in the Hall of Fame continues &#124; White Sox Observer|publisher=chicagonow.com|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108085721/https://www.chicagonow.com/white-sox-observer/2011/11/the-push-to-get-minoso-in-the-hall-of-fame-continues/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A 326-page biography, ''Tony Pérez: From Cuba to Cooperstown'', written by John Erardi, was published on April 2, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orangefrazer.com/store/tony-prez-from-cuba-to-cooperstown|title = Tony Pérez: From Cuba to Cooperstown}}</ref>