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Friday, July 09, 2004
Lonely heart, flat slider?
The OC Register reports that Francisco Rodriguez's grandmother (who raised him as a boy in Venezuela) is having trouble receiving a temporary visa, which would allow her to see Rodriguez pitch in the All-Star game:
She cannot obtain a short-term visa from the U.S.consulate in Caracas. Friction between the United States and president Hugo Chavez has led to tighter entrance requirements.
"You have to make an appointment, but sometimes it takes a month or a month- and-a-half. You have to have a lot of things, like your bank statements and things like that she doesn't have," Rodriguez said. "They think Venezuelans are going to come here and not go back."
Francisco is obviously very close with his family, so this must be weighing on him rather heavily. Could this explain his recent struggles?
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