Paul Gonzalez is the general manager

General manager

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 of the Brisbane Bandits

Brisbane Bandits

The Brisbane Bandits were a foundation team in the Australian Baseball League which was bought by a private owner and shut down in 1999. The Bandits have now been resurrected as a team in the new Australian Baseball League which is due to start in November 2010...

 and former Australia

Australia

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n third baseman

Third baseman

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. During his playing career he played professional baseball in the United States, Japan, Italy and Australia as well as winning silver with the Australia national baseball team

Australia national baseball team

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Playing career

Gonzalez was picked up in the amateur draft by the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...

 and played for a variety of minor league

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 teams including the High Desert Mavericks

High Desert Mavericks

The High Desert Mavericks are a minor league baseball team in Adelanto, California, USA. Their Major League parent club is the Seattle Mariners. They are a Class A - Advanced team in the California League and had been a farm team of the Kansas City Royals since 2005 before the switch...

, Wichita Wranglers

Wichita Wranglers

The Wichita Wranglers were a minor league baseball team based in Wichita, Kansas. The team, which played in the Texas League, was the Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals major-league club from 1995 to 2007, and of the San Diego Padres from 1987 to 1994. The Wranglers played in...

, Las Vegas Stars

Las Vegas 51s

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, Prince William Cannons, Abilene Prairie Dogs

Abilene Prairie Dogs

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 and the Birmingham Barons

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Gonzalez played in the Australian Baseball League and the International Baseball League of Australia

International Baseball League of Australia

The International Baseball League of Australia was a baseball league which existed from 1999 to 2002.The league was created by David Nilsson after he purchased the rights to the Australian Baseball League in 1999 when it was near financial collapse...

 for the Brisbane Bandits from until and Melbourne Monarchs

Melbourne Monarchs

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 in the 1998-1999 season. In total he made 227 appearances, boasting 48 home-runs and 168 RBI's, giving him a batting average of .304 and slugging .567.

In Gonzalez led the Claxton Shield

Claxton Shield

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 and Queensland Rams

Queensland Rams

Queensland Rams compete in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. The Rams were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and competed as Queensland until 1988. Between 1988 and 1999, the Claxton Shield was awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League...

 batting with an average of .476 and slugging .857.

By , he played for Orix BlueWave in Japan

Japan

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. In , he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved a Silver Medal in the baseball tournament

Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

-Preliminary round:The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. To determine the seed ranking of teams tied in the standings, the result of the two teams' game against each other was used. Japan therefore received first place due to the win over Cuba. In the semi-finals, Japan played...

 at the Athens Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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