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Article: Cardinal's pitch scores for Yankee O'Connor's intercession with Castro reunites `El Duque' and family
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 24, 1998
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NEW YORK -- Inside the Palace of the Revolution in Havana late
Wednesday, Fidel Castro and two envoys sent by the archbishop of New
York sat down to watch Game 4 of the World Series via satellite from
San Diego.
The emissaries carried a personal letter from Cardinal John
O'Connor, asking Castro to grant visas to the mother, former wife,
and two young daughters of Yankees pitcher Orlando "El Duque"
Hernandez, who defected from Cuba last Christmas in a 20-foot skiff.
To their amazement, Castro agreed, calling O'Connor personally in
New York. The two emissaries then returned to their hotel, picked
up the phone, and dialed El Duque in the visitors clubhouse at
Qualcomm Stadium, where the ...