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When I was a Yankee, I didn't have a lot of luck against Boston, ... In my last three starts against the Red Sox, I've had a lot of success against them. Maybe it's the luck of the uniform.
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The invited are young players who are followers of the revolution and have a clean background. If you have relatives who live in other places in the world, it will be really difficult to be taken out of Cuba on that team. For example, if you have an uncle who lives in Miami, it's going to be real hard for you to leave the country. They worry that you will stay there.
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Today, I was ready from the get- go. I was ready from the start today. I wasn't ready from the first inning against Cleveland.
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It was a little bit of a motivation, but I never let it get to me, ... I knew if I work hard, good things will happen.
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