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  1. El Duque, con sangre real. (Orlando Hernández, beisbolista cubano)(TT: El Duque, with royal blood) (TA: Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player): An article from: Semana
  2. Olympic Baseball Players of Cuba: José Contreras, Orlando Hernández, Alexei Ramírez, Yulieski Gourriel, Rolando Arrojo, Eduardo Paret
  3. El Duque: The Story of Orlando Hernandez by Kenny Lafreniere, Kenneth LaFreniere, 1999-03-01
  4. Suerte y por montón. (beisbolistas cubanos brillan en Estados Unidos)(TT: Lots of luck) (TA: Cuban baseball players shine in the US): An article from: Semana by Tay Polo Miranda, 1998-10-29
  5. Baseball Players at the 1992 Summer Olympics: Jason Varitek, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Giambi, Ron Villone, Orlando Hernández, Phil Nevin

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82. Shoulder1.com - Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez's Tired Shoulder Not Uncommon
“My shoulder is tired,” said orlando hernandez, New York Yankees’ starting pitcher, one week before the 2004 Major League baseball playoffs.
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    October 21, 2004 By: Sydonya Barker for Shoulder1 Overuse any body part and it can wear out. Backs ache from excessive lifting, eyes strain from perpetual staring, and shoulders get tired from too much throwing—especially when you’re a pitcher on a professional baseball team. Learn More How Much do you Know about a Tired Shoulder? 1) Did you know: Tired shoulder is actually a muscle sprain of the shoulder 2) Did you know: In the case of Yankees pitcher Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez, a tired shoulder can shave over 10 miles per hour off of a fastball
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    84. Cigar Aficionado | People Profile | Orlando Hernandez
    orlando hernandez and his wife, Norris Bosch, made their plans during a If hernandez were a Costa Rican resident, he could enter baseball as a free
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    El Duque's Excellent Adventure
    How Cuba's Ace Pitcher Escaped Political Oppression to Become Part of a Great American Success Story
    By Kenneth Shouler Orlando Hernandez and his wife, Norris Bosch, made their plans during a wedding party on the evening of December 25, 1997. Under cover of night, they drove with three friends to Caibarien, a coastal town about 120 miles east of Havana. As day was breaking, they trudged through woods and waded into waist-high water to board a small sailboat with three others. The group, including several baseball players, was escaping to the United States. If all went well, their slow route to a better world would be complete in about six hours, and the ace who had once pitched for the Cuban national team and been banned for life on charges of aiding his half-brother's defection to the United States would be free to start a new baseball career. But so much could go wrong. They had only a gallon of water, some brown sugar, three cans of Spam and gas. The weather was warm, the sea calm and the wind with them, so the journey wasn't high on adventure. But it was high on anxiety. What if the Cuban Coast Guard interrupted their clandestine journey? What if their poorly built vessel began taking on water? What if the seas got rough or the wind turned on them? In some ways their journey replicated the experience of countless immigrants to America. The America Hernandez sought was a freer, more abundant place. But he was leaving behind two daughters from a previous marriage, Yahumara, 9, and Steffi, 3, and his mother, Maria Julia Pedrosa.

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    87. Major League Baseball
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    89. H-Net Review: Jeff Powers-Beck Department Of English On Full Count: Inside Cuban
    Full Count Inside Cuban baseball. Foreword by Larry Dierker. Rolando Arrojo, Livan hernandez, orlando hernandez, Rey Ordonez, et al., all evidence the
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    90. Mystery Men | The San Diego Union-Tribune
    From the moment the New York Yankees signed Cuba s orlando hernandez to a fouryear, Two Cuban-born players are in the baseball Hall of Fame Tony Perez
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    Cuban ballplayers are enticing to major league teams, but often don't live up to their hype (or birthdays) By Whitelaw Reid
    COMMUNITY SPORTS WRITER July 18, 2005 As it turned out, he was 32. Since "El Duque" went 41-26 in his first three seasons and helped the Yankees win three World Series titles, the discrepancy never became an issue. In fact, it seemed to add to the pitcher's lore (as if the bogus tale of his defection on a makeshift raft with sharks circling him wasn't enough). A couple of years after Hernandez came aboard, the Yankees tried to fill a void at third base by signing another Cuban player, Andy Morales. Cuban connection While the list of players who have defected from Cuba in the last decade to play Major League Baseball is fairly long, the number of players who have enjoyed successful careers is pretty short. As chance would have it, two of the Cubans who have made the biggest impact are brothers.

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    White Sox placed RHP Orlando Hernandez on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 15, with shoulder soreness. Jun 04, 2005 - 1:21 am
    White Sox activated RHP Orlando Hernandez from the 15-day disabled list. May 22, 2005 - 9:29 pm
    White Sox placed RHP Orlando Hernandez on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Tuesday, with a right shoulder injury. May 21, 2005 - 10:45 am
    The Chicago Tribune says Orlando Hernandez has a tired shoulder and will be questionable to start on Sunday. Dec 22, 2004 - 6:32 pm
    White Sox signed RHP Orlando Hernandez, who had been with the Yankees, to a two-year, $8 million contract. Dec 22, 2004 - 5:03 am
    Orlando Hernandez is close to signing a two-year deal with the White Sox, the New York Post reports. Dec 16, 2004

    92. NY Yankees/Atlanta Major League Baseball Recap On ESPN
    More Sports, baseballmin. Fig. skating, Football, Other sports orlando hernandez allowed just one hit, a fourth-inning home run to Chipper Jones.
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    94. Cuban Baseball Timeline 1984-2000
    Cuba hosts the IBA World Championships and wins the baseball gold medal. orlando El Duque hernandez, Jorge Posada play in the World Series with the
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    Slugger Rafael Palmeiro makes his Major League debut...Jose Canseco is voted AL Rookie of the Year...Marty Martinez is named interim manager of the Seatle Mariners for one game...Jose Martinez manages La Guaira to the Venezuelan league Championship.
    Team Cuba loses to Team USA in early round of the Pan American Games but wins in finals. Beginning a streak of 150 straight wins over ten years in official International competition...Orestes Destrade and Nelson Santovenia make their debut...Jose Martinez is named coach of the Chicago Cubs (1987-93). Tony Perez is named coach of the Cincinnati Reds (1987-92).
    Octavio "Cookie" Rojas is named Manager of the California Angels. Minnie Mendoza is named coach of the Baltimore Orioles. Tony Taylor returns as coach of the Phillies (1988-89)...Jose Canseco becomes the first Major League player to hit 40 Home Runs and steal 40 Bases. He led the American League in homers (42), Slugging % (.569), RBI (124) and would go on to win the Most Valuable Player award and Sliver Slugger award... Tony Fossas and Israel Sanchez join Major League teams.

    95. 2001 Cuban Baseball News
    October 22, 2001 orlando El Duque hernandez, Jorge Posada and the New York The Hispanic Heritage baseball Museum presented the First Annual orlando
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    For 2004 news see the Latest News page. For news from other years see 2002 News 2003 News and 2004 News For important news from previous years and a historical perspective see the Cuban baseball Timeline December 17, 2001 The Royals sign Raul Ibanez to a one year deal.
    December 14, 2001 The Cleveland Indians sign free-agent infielder Ricky Gutierrez.
    December 12, 2001 The Boston Red Sox organization hired Luis Tiant to be pitching coach of the Lowell Spinners of Class A.
    December 11, 2001 The Toronto Blue Jays name Carlos Tosca third base coach.
    December 10, 2001 The Cubs acquire SS Alex Gonzalez in trade with Toronto.
    November 20, 2001 The Florida Marlins add Cuban Pitchers Hansel Izquierdo and Michael Tejera to their 40 man roster. Both will battle for spots on the 2002 Roster...The Arizona Diamondbacks signed LHP Eddie Oropesa to minor league contract.
    November 19, 2001 2001 Major League Awards: Luis Gonzalez finished 3rd in NL MVP voting with 261 points. Luis did win the Silver Slugger award for NL outfielder and Jorge Posada won for AL Catcher.
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    99. PhillyBurbs.com | Major League Baseball
    Runners on first and second with two out and Livan hernandez due up. orlando Cabrera grounded out to short to end the inning. Montreal 1, Philadelphia 2
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    100. Book Review: The Duke Of Havana - The Primary Source Online
    Although the reader is never familiar with orlando hernandez, That s baseball. In or out of pinstripes, El Duque will be pitching in the free world for
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    Book Reviews The Duke of Havana by Steve Fainaru and Ray Sanchez Villard Books, $24.95, hardcover
    ISBN 0-3755-0345-5 Before Elian, there was El Duque. On Christmas morning in 1997, the right-handed pitcher fled Havana a penniless enemy of the state. Fearing Cuba's most famous athlete would defect, Fidel Castro had forbidden Orlando Hernandez from traveling with or playing for Cuba's organized baseball teams. So he escaped Communism on a 30-foot fishing boat. El Duque rode that boat and his wicked curveball to wealth, super-stardom, and a world championship. His life story reads like a novel, which is why Steve Fainaru and Ray Sanchez's biography The Duke of Havana (Villard Books, 2001) is the ideal read for the offseason. No book about Cuba and baseball is without politics. Fainaru and Sanchez have an easy target in Castro, but the book's real villain may be El Duque's agent, Joe Cubas. Greedy and opportunistic, Cubas orchestrated the escape of many Cuban ballplayers only to swindle them worse than Havana's bearded Commandante. From his successful clients, Cubas charged 10-20 percent more than your average sports agent. He also ignored clients who did not get Major League contracts, leaving several young ballplayers stranded in America with no clue how to survive in a free society. The authors have not penned an ode to capitalism, instead illustrating that its potential for abuse is the same as that of Communism.

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