Pitcher’s toughest test not minor leagues, but Cuban defection - Jose Cordero

Posted on: July 17th, 2008
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“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. “*

*From: http://www.txcn.com
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