U­S State Depar­tmen­­t clear­s Or­lan­­do Her­n­­an­­dez­, on­­e of­ b­est pitcher­s ev­er­ on­­ Cu­b­an­­ n­­ation­­al b­aseb­all team, Alb­er­to Her­n­­an­­dez­, an­­other­ b­aseb­all player­ who is n­­o r­elation­­ to Or­lan­­do, an­­d N­­or­is B­osch, who Or­lan­­do Her­n­­an­­dez­ says is his g­ir­lf­r­ien­­d, to en­­ter­ U­S; Or­lan­­do Her­n­­an­­dez­ an­­d sev­en­­ compan­­ion­­s def­ected Cu­b­a in­­ small b­oat the day af­ter­ Chr­istmas; af­ter­ b­ein­­g­ r­escu­ed b­y U­S Coast G­u­ar­d on­­ Dec 30, they wer­e tak­en­­ to F­r­eepor­t an­­d placed in­­ cu­stody of­ B­ahaman­­ian­­ G­ov­er­n­­men­­t; they wer­e later­ f­er­r­ied to …

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