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“As a reliever, you’ve got to have amnesia. Not only with the bad days, but with the good days. You may get them out one, two, three today, but you’ve got to forget about it immediately, because that may not happen tomorrow.” — Roberto Hernandez,

“(In the Instructional League), Roberto (Hernandez) and (pitching coach) Rick Peterson worked hard like the rest of the staff always did under &#;Pete’ but, Roberto really took it a step further than most guys and made himself &#;figure it out.’ Obviously, he did, overcoming a life-threatening injury and going on to pitch for 20 years in the bigs. I love Roberto&#;s whole story because it&#;s a great one — from PR to NYC to Storrs and S.C. He did whatever it took — and was great friend and teammate along the way.

“To this day, he has always been the guy I tell people about when they ask me ‘who was the toughest guy to catch?’ Not from that day in the bullpen (when I first caught him in the Instructional League in ) but in games at both the minor- and major-league level when his stuff was just beginning to really explode early in his career. His fastball took off in all directions and his split was both hard and late-breaking. He threw heavy, heavy balls that could ruin your thumb if you caught it wro

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Roberto Hernández (starting pitcher)

Dominican baseball player (born )

For other people named Roberto Hernández, see Roberto Hernández (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Heredia.

Baseball player

Roberto Hernández Heredia^[1] (born August 30, )^[2] is a Dominican former professional baseballpitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, and Atlanta Braves.

Hernández was a regular part of the Indians' starting rotation for six years under the name of Fausto Carmona, which he had used to obtain a visa to pitch in the United States. After Hernández’s true name and age were revealed (he had also claimed to be three years younger than he really was), Hernández missed much of the season due to lack of a valid visa, followed by a suspension from MLB for identity fraud. He returned to the league in with the Tampa Bay Rays.

Coincidentally, while playing as Fausto Carmona for the Cleveland Indians in , Hernández had a teammate whose name was also Roberto Hernández.

Professional career

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Minor leagues

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Hernández (as Carmona) was sign