Rookie's debut an attention-getter

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Chicago — When Yunel Escobar fled his native Cuba three years ago in a small, crowded fishing boat, he could have only imagined what happened Saturday. Not only did he start at third base for the Braves in his major league debut at Wrigley Field, he singled in his first at-bat and drove in the winning run with a double in the eighth inning of a 5-3 win against the Cubs. "I was waiting for this moment a long time," Escobar said through a translator before the game, "and now I'm enjoying it."

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