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 HAVANA (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that his mentor and friend Fidel Castro has "recovered his fastball," but needs more time to warm up before returning to the game.
Chavez met with the convalescing Castro for six hours behind closed doors during a surprise visit to Cuba's capital. He said the pair usually talk for an average of seven or eight hours and could have gone longer during their chat Tuesday, but that it was "enough already."
"I can tell you that he has recovered his fastball of 90 miles an hour," Chavez said as he discussed the improving health of his 80-year-old friend, who was a baseball pitcher as a young man.
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