Childhood
friend from Cuba ho**rs José Fernández
with poignant grand slam
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One home run hit by a tearful former teammate in ho**r of
José Fernández was
poignant e**ugh Monday night. But a
grand slam hit by a
Childhood friend from Cuba the very next day?*
This is getting surreal.*
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On Monday night, Dee Gordon hit a home run in his first at-bat since Fernández, a beloved Miami Marlins teammate, died. It was Gordon's first homer in 304 at-bats this season and immediately hailed as one of the
most dramatic in baseball history. *
Then, on Tuesday night, Aledmys Díaz hit the first
grand slam of his career. The four-run dinger came in Díaz's first game back
with his St. Louis Cardinals team after briefly leaving the club to visit the family of Fernández, a
friend since they were both baseball-obsessed kids in Cuba. *
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