Pete Laforest

Infobox MLB player


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name=Pete Laforest
position=Catcher
team=Free Agent
number=--
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1978|1|27
debutdate=September 2
debutyear=2003
debutteam=Tampa Bay Devil Rays
statyear=2007
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.196
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=14
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=2
teams=
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays (by|2003, by|2005)
*San Diego Padres (by|2007)
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|2007)

Pierre-Luc "Pete" Laforest (born January 27, 1978 in Hull, Quebec) is a Major League Baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He is a graduate of Fort Scott Community College. He was a draft pick of the Montreal Expos, but has also played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the San Diego Padres. He was part of Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2006 World Baseball Classic. In Winter 2007-08, he played for the Mexicali Eagles in the Mexican Pacific League.

In 2003, Laforest missed spring training and the first month of the season due to visa problems. Since 1997, he had improperly used a student visa to enter the United States, and in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks he was denied entry to the country until an FBI background check had been completed. [ [http://www.sptimes.com/2003/05/14/Rays/LaForest_rues_missed_.shtml RAYS: LaForest rues missed shot ] ]

Laforest did not speak English until moving to the United States to attend community college, as he was raised in Quebec where the main language is French. [ [http://www.sptimes.com/2003/09/14/Rays/Rays_tales.shtml Rays: Rays tales ] ]

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