Valenzuela, nicknamed El Toro, became a hero from Mexico that captivated not only Los Angeles, but the world. He replaced Jerry Reuss as the year’s Opening Day starter, throwing a shutout against the ...
Devoted fans of Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela, who died Tuesday night, Oct. 22, flocked to Dodger Stadium to honor the ...
I feel like I lost an uncle or a cousin, a member of the family,” said Andres Rubalcava Rubio on the San Fernando Valley ...
Fernando Valenzuela, the cultural hero and baseball legend whose journey from a dusty pitcher’s mound in rural Mexico to ...
What Fernando Valenzuela did for the Dodgers and the city of Los Angeles goes far beyond anything he did on the baseball ...
Valenzuela’s phenomenal start to the 1981 season ignited the craze and boosted interest in the team among the region’s ...
The late Fernando Valenzuela’s exploits on the mound were enough to make him a baseball star and a Los Angeles Dodgers legend ...
The arrival of Fernando Valenzuela to Major League Baseball in 1981 marked the beginning of a cultural phenomenon known as ...
The historic impact Fernando Valenzuela made on the city of Los Angeles traces its roots to the 1950s, according to renounced ...
Initially, they refused to sell, and the city used eminent domain to acquire the Chavez Ravine property from the tight-knit ...
Fernando Valenzuela arrived in Los Angeles in 1980 as a young Mexican and built a community in Chavez Ravine for Mexican ...