[Ransomed]

Wow, he was a true talent. RISP. I recall a story that he rescued his mother when she feel overboard as they were trying to escape Cuba.

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[ETL]

I recall a story that he rescued his mother when she fell overboard as they were trying to escape Cuba.

“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.

“She’s 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.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/watch-mlb-star-jose-fernandez-reunited-with-grandmother-for-first-time-since-defecting-from-cuba/

[Alberta's Child]

If I fled from Cuba like that, I’d probably never get on a boat smaller than an aircraft carrier for as long as I lived.