Pitcher’s toughest test not minor leagues, but Cuban defection – Jose Cordero From: txcn.com
Tagged: Baseball, Cuba, Cuban, TexasPosted on: July 17th, 2008
What his teammates and coaches didn’t know was that like thousands of Cubans, Cordero defected from the Communist country by boat to the Florida coast. He survived shark-infested and stormy seas.
“It was incredible because I felt like, ‘man this is my last day of my life, I’m going to die,’” Cordero remembers. “*
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