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Article: El Duque returns to Yankee Stadium.(Newsday)

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July 11, 2004
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Byline: Jim Baumbach

LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Orlando Hernandez returns to Yankee Stadium on Sunday afternoon in much the same fashion as he arrived six years ago: as an unknown.

After defecting from Cuba in December 1997, El Duque burst on to the Yankees scene in June 1998 and eventually became the Yankees' most reliable postseason pitcher. Now the Yankees are turning to him again, hoping history can repeat itself.

Hernandez, who underwent May 2003 shoulder surgery after being traded to Montreal, was scratched from Saturday night's rehab start for Triple-A Columbus. According to several sources familiar with the situation, he arrived in New York on ...

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