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El Duque Wants One More Shot

One of the greatest "What If" questions in recent baseball is the one that wonders what Orlando Hernandez's career would have looked like if he'd made it to the major leagues when he was closer to 20 than when he was nearly 30. The El Duque we got was a crafty right-hander who played a major role on some dominant Yankee...

Not Wanting to be Left Out of the Fun, Orlando Hernandez Joins the Injury Party

I'm beginning to think that if Pedro Martinez, Moises Alou, Mike Hampton, and Orlando Hernandez played cards together, nobody would win because they'd all give themselves paper cuts dealing the cards. You already know about Alou. You saw that Martinez is having further injury problems. You may have also seen that Hampton...

Could El Duque Hurt Himself Breathing?

It might be easier to list what's right with Orlando Hernandez than to list what's wrong with him. "El Duque" was due to come off the disabled list on Sunday from his bunion discomfort, but rather than just have a flare up of that existing injury, Hernandez has come up with a brand new injury, as a strained tendon in his...

El Duque is Iffy For the Playoffs (and the Playoffs Are Fairly Iffy Too)

As if having their division lead shrink from seven games to a mere game and a half in the span of a week isn't bad enough for the Mets, it looks like their money pitcher ... the one they got for all of his playoff experience ... is "iffy" for October.That immobilizing boot that Orlando Hernandez has on his right foot is...

The Injuries Mount for Moises Alou

The Injury Turk is starting to catch up to the older Mets. Orlando Hernandez and Jose Valentin have already gone down with injuries, and now the injury reaper is chasing Moises Alou. The 40-year-old has already experienced a cut chin and a jammed shoulder. But that wasn't enough to sideline him too long. So now, it's a...