Word: arrojo
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American League Detroit (Keagle 0-5) at Oakland (Haynes 1-1), 3:15 p.m. Baltimore (Erickson 3-2) at Cleveland (Burba 2-3), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Hawkins 0-3) at Boston (Checo 0-1), 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay (Arrojo 3-2) at Kansas City (Rusch 3-3), 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Wells 3-1) at Texas (Witt 3-1), 8:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Baldwin 2-3) at Seattle (Cloude 3-1), 10:35 p.m. Toronto (Hanson 0-1) at Anaheim (Olivares...
...nickname is El Gordo, the Fat Man, and he is both agent and metaphor. Joe Cubas, 35, a contractor from Miami, has orchestrated five defections from Cuba's national baseball team, most recently on July 9, when ace pitcher Rolando Arrojo slipped into Cubas' car, leaving his team's exhibition tour. That incident, coupled with the defections in late June at the Mexican border of Cuban boxers Joel Casamayor and Ramon Garbey, have led to widespread speculation that the most exciting event at the Atlanta Olympics will be the long jump--from Cuba...
When President Fidel Castro recently addressed 170 Cuban athletes leaving for Atlanta, he made mention of the defections, calling the 28-year-old Arrojo a "Judas who sold out his country for 12 gold coins." Castro also told his Olympians, "More than medals of gold, silver or bronze, what interests us is the medals of morals and honor." Cuban baseball officials, who are used to this sort of thing by now, were more blase and fatalistic about Arrojo's departure, even though Arrojo pitched six shutout innings against Team USA on June 29. Third baseman Omar Linares, the player long...
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