Servio Borges
Servio Tulio Borges Suárez is a former Cuban baseball manager. Along with Jorge Fuentes, he is considered one of the best managers in modern Cuban baseball history.
At just 21 years old, Borges was selected to manage Cuba at the 1969 Amateur World Series. Cuba defeated the United States, in its return to major international competition, in the championship game. Borges was sacked as manager of the national team after a pair of defeats in the final of the 1981 Intercontinental Cup in Edmonton and the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana.
Borges managed relatively few seasons in the Cuban National Series, though he won two championships: with Azucareros of Villa Clara, in 1968–69 and 1971–72. He came out of retirement to manage Havana in the 1990 Serie Selectiva. His managerial record was 167 wins and 64 losses, a winning percentage of.723. In 2003, Borges managed the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League to an 8–14 record; he remained with the Olmecas front office through 2005.
Borges returned to manage Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, held in Sydney, Australia. Cuba lost its 18–0 undefeated record at the Olympics with a group stage loss to the Netherlands, and went on to lose the gold medal game to the United States after a controversial decision to start reliever Pedro Luis Lazo as part of a bullpen game.