Fernando Valenzuela arrived in Los Angeles in 1980 as a young Mexican and built a community in Chavez Ravine for Mexican ...
The arrival of Fernando Valenzuela to Major League Baseball in 1981 marked the beginning of a cultural phenomenon known as ...
Baker had a front-row seat to FernandoMania: "He made everybody, especially Latin Americans, made them proud." ...
Valenzuela, who died Tuesday at age 63, won the NL Cy Young Award and led the Dodgers to a World Series championship in 1981.
The Dodgers pitcher had a legendary rookie year in 1981 in which he helped defeat the Yankees in the World Series.
Fernando Valenzuela was one of the most impactful players of his ... At his best, the diminutive lefty was spell-binding ...
As Fernando Valenzuela had his jersey retired by the Dodgers, a look back at the last time an MLB player captured a nation's ...
specifically here in the Dodger Stadium/Chavez Ravine area.” Casillas added: “Fernando is just somebody who comes ...