Article: Mets' Hernandez returns to NY for cortisone shot.

Article: SPRING TRAINING: No pain a gain for El Duque.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  March 9, 2007 ;     315 words ......him as their No. 2 starter? El Duque made his spring training...three weeks after getting a cortisone shot to treat a case of arthritis...outing a success because El Duque said he did not feel pain...continued to pitch. In true El Duque fashion, Hernandez ...

Article: El Duque's foot will keep him out at least 7 days.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  September 19, 2007 ;     473 words ......the Mets' championship dreams. Now, El Duque is doing it again, only this time he...manager Omar Minaya refused to write off El Duque, here's the best-case scenario. Hernandez...something was wrong. Hernandez received a cortisone shot between those starts. But it wasn't...Back in ...

Article: El Duque returns.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  February 24, 2007 ;     224 words ......diagnosed with arthritis at the base of his neck and given a cortisone shot a day earlier in New York. The Mets expect El Duque to throw again Monday. I'm feeling better, Hernandez said...Hernandez's diagnosis. Lo Duca OK Paul Lo Duca said Thursday's cortisone shot is something he ...

Article: El Duque Has Arthritis in His Neck
AP Online;  February 23, 2007 ;     379 words ......four days after receiving a cortisone shot. El Duque, slated to be the No. 2 starter...better immediately after the cortisone shot. The right-hander will undergo...to get ahead of ourselves." El Duque felt discomfort in his neck...

Article: El Duque means undefeated to Mariners.(Sports)
The Washington Times;  October 17, 2000 ;     652 words ......the Cuban pitcher referred to simply as El Duque. He is part fiction, part fact. The story...knows what stories they will tell about El Duque 50 years from now? He was 9 feet tall...manager Lou Piniella is already looking at El Duque as El Undefeated and is talking about...

Article: El Duque's tank could be empty
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-02-2004 El Duque's tank could be empty By PETE CALDERA...weak, tired" shoulder. In other words, El Duque has become just like the rest of Joe Torre...open roof at SkyDome on Friday night, El Duque lasted only three innings against the...

Article: EL DUQUE KEEPS CALM IN RAFT-TO-RICHES SEASON.(Sports)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ......suggested. ``No,'' the pitcher known as El Duque said. ``I must adjust.'' Even in those...40s, if not the 30s, has been kind to El Duque. When he rescued the Yankees in Cleveland...the Lake Erie shore in October. And as El Duque dominated the Padres last night, scattering...

Article: CUBANS TO `EL DUQUE': YANKEE, WELCOME HOME
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Bergen County, NJ) 10-28-1998 CUBANS TO `EL DUQUE': YANKEE, WELCOME HOME By MIGUEL PEREZ...Cuban-Americans on Bergenline Avenue Tuesday, "El Duque" means much more than baseball, the New...have been without communism. Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez is much more than just another...

Article: El Duque meets his match: Arroyo wins battle of unorthodox pitchers with complete game.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  June 20, 2006 ;     642 words ...Byline: Bob Herzog Jun. 20--El Duque was a partial success. That wasn't enough...in a pitching duel for seven innings. El Duque was as resourceful and commanding as ever...slow curve that didn't break 60. Typical El Duque, Randolph said. He threw well enough to...

Article: EL DUQUE'S MIND-SET IN QUESTION
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-11-2000 EL DUQUE'S MIND-SET IN QUESTION By KEN DAVIDOFF...physical and mental rehabilitation of El Duque ranks as the top priority of the two-time...Neagle. They did not, however, anticipate El Duque's adversity. And the difference between...

Article: El Duque elevates Yankees
The Boston Globe;  June 4, 1998 ;     666 words ......Another poignant scene from the inevitable "El Duque" Hernandez TV movie was staged here last...Stadium upper deck and fans chanting, "El Duque" and "libertad," in the right-field bleachers...in the fourth, but for the most part, El Duque -- 28 going on 32 -- was scarcely nicked...

Article: RESTORING ORDER: El Duque puts Yanks back on track
New Haven Register;  September 2, 2004 ;     628 words ......again for Orlando Hernandez. Back then, El Duque was a quirky, relatively unknown rookie...innings that night and it was the start of El Duque's reputation as one of the organization...be in Game 1 of the Division Series. "El Duque set the tone and did exactly what we needed...

Article: Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Ken Davidoff column: Mets' El Duque usually has his ups and downs.(Column)
Newsday (Melville, NY);  September 12, 2007 ;     666 words ......relief the subsequent spring training. El Duque had worn on the Yankees, his steady stream...laughter filled Legends Field. By August, El Duque had surged to become the Yankees' ace...Unpredictability and October greatness rank as El Duque's trademarks, and the Mets can't ...

Article: El Duque gets Yanks back on track
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-12-2004 El Duque gets Yanks back on track By PETE CALDERA...this time of year," Torre said, after El Duque ran his record to 8-0 with Saturday's...Camden Yards. The Yankees are 11-1 in El Duque's 12 starts this year - with four of those...