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How David Hernandez rebuilt himself as a pitcher, and as a person

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. – David Hernandez hit bottom on July 24 of 2013.

It had been a bad year. Previously a dangerous eighth-inning man for the Arizona Diamondbacks, his ERA was sitting a good two runs higher than the year before. That night against the Chicago Cubs, he gave up the deciding run in a 12-inning loss.

Still, that didn’t seem to explain the scene that FOX Sports Arizona cameras caught in the dugout in the closing moments of the game.