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09-26-2016, 12:31 AM
José Fernández's perilous journey out of Cuba changed his life
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"Dream big, **body can tell you that you can't do it."
That's the advice Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández once gave in an interview *when talking about his journey from Cuba to Major League Baseball.
The beloved baseball player who died on Sunday in a tragic boating accident tried several times to escape the communist regime of Cuba with his family. Fernández even served prison time for being a dissident. During his final attempt in 2008, he made it out with his mother, but their journey to the U.S. was a perilous one.*
Fernández is **w being mourned by thousands (http://mashable.com/2016/09/25/fans-grieve-jose-fernandez-death/), including many in the Cuban community who consider him an icon and inspiration. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/25/jose-fernandez-cuba/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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"Dream big, **body can tell you that you can't do it."
That's the advice Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández once gave in an interview *when talking about his journey from Cuba to Major League Baseball.
The beloved baseball player who died on Sunday in a tragic boating accident tried several times to escape the communist regime of Cuba with his family. Fernández even served prison time for being a dissident. During his final attempt in 2008, he made it out with his mother, but their journey to the U.S. was a perilous one.*
Fernández is **w being mourned by thousands (http://mashable.com/2016/09/25/fans-grieve-jose-fernandez-death/), including many in the Cuban community who consider him an icon and inspiration. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/25/jose-fernandez-cuba/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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