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Livan Hernandez: from poverty to freedom ... and a major league career: Cuban hurler escaped his native land, eventually becoming a veteran star with the Washington Nationals pitching staff.
THE WORD "ENDURANCE" ISN'T the first thing that comes to mind when looking at the rather rotund physique of Livan Hernandez. At 6-2 and 245 pounds, Hernandez is a little tough for people to get their arms around, but make no mistake, over the past seven seasons, there hasn't been a more durable pitcher in baseball.
Since 1998, he's been in the N.L.'s top 10 in both complete games and innings pitched and he led the National League each of the last two years in innings (255 and 233.1) and complete games (nine and eight). Those 17 complete games are more than any other N.L. team has had during that span.
"Livan is from the old school," said Nationals ...
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