P8030453.JPGOrlando Hernandez appeared on Cuban television for the first time since his defection in 1997, the Associated Press reports.

El Duque was interviewed as part of a documentary named “Furea de Liga,” or “Out of This League.” The 68-minute film by Ian Padron was released in 2004 but not seen until Saturday on government-controlled television.

“I am not a traitor. I am an Industrial,” Hernandez said in the documentary, referring to Havana’s Industriales, Cuba’s most famous team. “I have had the opportunity to play for the two best teams in the world: Cuba’s Industriales and the New York Yankees”

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