Jose Fernandez -the NL Rookie of the Year in 2013 - came to the United States by boat as a 15-year-old Cuban refugee in 2008. Along the way, he rescued his mother, who had fallen overboard. However, his beloved grandmother, who Fernandez calls a baseball freak, was left behind.
Shes the love of my life... my everything, Fernandez said.
The day before winning the Rookie of the Year Award, a shocked Fernandez was reunited with his grandmother in Florida with help from Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria.
Pretty tragic now, but at least they had the joy of being reunited. He was a star, I don’t think the Nats ever beat the man.
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