No one could locate Fernández. She told her brother-in-law, “Jose’s not here, he was out on the boat. I’m scared.” Finally, at 6 a.m., her phone rang. It was Jose’s stepfather ...

An image of the late Cuban-born pitcher José Fernández looks over Gómez as she cradles his daughter, Penélope, who was born Feb. 24. Fernández died last September in a boating accident ...