It is one of the horrors of the half-century long reign of Cuba’s Castro dictatorship that is not spoken about often enough. The destruction of the Cuban family.
Jose Fernandez Reunites with Grandmother for 1st Time After Defecting From Cuba
Jose Fernandez was already having a pretty great week when he won the National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday. It got even better when the 20-year-old was reunited with his grandmother for the first time since defecting from Cuba along with his mother and sister in 2008 prior to winning the award.
It’s a great, emotional moment that not even the presence of Jeffrey Loria can ruin. Say what you will about Loria and how he swindled the city of Miami to pay for his new stadium, but he does seem to have a genuine affection for his players.
We also need to track down Brian McCann to make sure Fernandez’s emotions during the video were being handled, “the right way.”
Oh, Loria didn’t pull off the job by himself. He had outside help. Alas, the real problem is the appalling immaturity of way too many “adults” who have turned the spectacle of grown men playing games into something grotesquely and absurdly blown out of all rational proportion. Like, grow up sometime, huh? Sheesh.