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From Cuba with love

By Brian Murphy
Special to Page 2

Monday, June 28, 2004

Nobody had made such a newsworthy boat ride since Gilligan and the Skipper packed the Pabst Blue Ribbon on ice for the S.S. Minnow's 3-hour tour. But there they were at Yankee Stadium on Sunday -- the family of Yankee pitcher Jose Contreras, living it up in a luxury suite while Daddy Contreras pitched his way to a win over the Mets. Just think -- earlier in the week, La Familia Contreras was on a 30-foot boat making the dash of their lives to Florida from Cuba. And what is their immediate imp ...

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