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Article: CUBANS TO `EL DUQUE': YANKEE, WELCOME HOME
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- October 28, 1998
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MIGUEL PEREZ
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-28-1998
CUBANS TO `EL DUQUE': YANKEE, WELCOME HOME
By MIGUEL PEREZ
Date: 10-28-1998, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- 2 Star B, 2 Star P, 1 Star Early
Biographical: ORLANDO HERNANDEZ
To the naked eye, it would have seemed like just another parade for
a sports hero, with people lining both sides of a street and cheering
for an athlete who brought home a championship.
But to the Cuban-Americans on Bergenline Avenue Tuesday, "El
Duque" means much more than baseball, the New York Yankees, or a World
Series trophy. The name is a symbol of what Cuba could have been without
communism.
Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez is much more than just ...