 michael averett lowell (born february 24, 1974) is a puerto rican former professional baseball third baseman in major league baseball. during a 13-year career, lowell played for the new york yankees (1998), florida marlins (1999&ndash;2005), and the boston red sox (2006&ndash;2010). with the red sox, he was named world series mvp of the  world series for batting .400 with 1 hr, 4 rbi, 6 runs scored and a stolen base in the four-game sweep of the colorado rockies. ==personal life== lowell was born in puerto rico to carl and beatriz lowell on february 24, 1974. his parents were born in cuba, and are of irish and spanish ancestry. his family relocated to miami, florida when lowell was four years old. he has always identified himself as a cuban. as a high school sophomore at christopher columbus high school, he was chosen to play for the varsity baseball team, but did not get playing time, so he transferred to coral gables high school for his junior year.macmullan, jackie. bad bounces, good hands, the boston globe. published october 3, 2007. retrieved may 2, 2009.browne, ian. lowell influenced by dad most of all, boston red sox. published june 13, 2008. retrieved may 2, 2009. in 1992, lowell graduated from coral gables senior high school in coral gables, florida, where he had a 4.0 gpa and was a star player on the baseball team. there, he met future wife bertica, a member of the school's nationally recognized gablettes dance team, of which she became coach years later. they have one daughter, alexis ileana lowell, and one son named anthony.[http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?play
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