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Article: El Duque means undefeated to Mariners.(Sports)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2000
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He is a mystical figure, the Cuban pitcher referred to simply as "El Duque."
He is part fiction, part fact. The story was that he barely survived his escape from Cuba on some sort of makeshift lifeboat. Other stories have surfaced that made that tale seem pretty tall.
He claims to be 31 years old, but court documents filed last year in Cuba in connection with his divorce say he is 35.
Who knows what stories they will tell about El Duque 50 years from now? He was 9 feet tall. He struck out Fidel Castro to win his freedom from Cuba. He threw 120 miles per hour. He was 60 years old and still winning World Series games for the New York ...