For as far back as Jose Fernandez can remember, he was throwing rocks in the streets of Santa Clara, Cuba.
"I'd throw a lot at people's houses and people's doors -- that wasn't cool. I got my ass whipped a lot of times for doing that," Fernandez said.
So his family had no other choice but to let him play baseball -- maybe then he would quit throwing rocks.
"I started playing when I was five, and after that I noticed that I was good," Fernandez said. "My family, a lot of coaches, told me, 'Hey, he's very good.