Washington Nationals' Livan Hernandez's Defection From Cuba As Told By Dodgers ...

There's nothing better than listening to the Los Angeles Dodgers' legendary one-man announce team, Vin Scully, call a game. The 83-year-old, Bronx, NY-born Scully, who's been the voice of the Dodgers since 1950, will, without fail, tell you things about your own players you never knew. For instance, I'd never heard of "El Gordo", and I've been following Livan Hernandez's career for years, since he was traded to the Montreal Expos in March 2003, but I'd somehow never heard the story of how the then-20-year-old right-hander defected from Cuba.
Last August, however, when the Nationals visited the Dodgers in LA, Vin Scully told the story spread out like an old newspaper serial and mixed in with his own play-by-play throughout the bottom of the first inning as Livan Hernandez retired the Dodgers in order a half-inning after Ryan Zimmerman's first-inning HR had given Washington a 2-0 lead.
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