Julia Mendez carefully positioned three candles in a row under a sign welcoming fans to Dodger Stadium. Then she pulled out a ...

While Los Angeles mourns the death of Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela, a pair of artists are working to pay tribute to the ...

Valenzuela’s phenomenal start to the 1981 season ignited the craze and boosted interest in the team among the region’s ...

Longtime Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela had been sick for quite a while, but refused to talk about it, even to his closest ...

Fernando Valenzuela changed the culture of Los Angeles, helping open the door for people of all nationalities to both play and enjoy baseball.

The titan of U.S. baseball who died Tuesday also had a career in Mexico — before and after he became a beloved Major League ...

So much of the 120th World Series — the 12th between the Yankees and Dodgers — is going to hinge on starting pitching.

But Latino Dodger fans quickly embraced Valenzuela’s pitching talent, called him “El Toro” — “the Bull” — and came to more ...

Fernando Valenzuela, who died on Tuesday at age 63, was a teenage phenomenon from Mexico who remade the Dodgers’ fan base and ...

Valenzuela made a splash from the moment he stepped on the mound in 1981 for the Dodgers. He inspired “Fernandomania” due to ...

Fernando Valenzuela posted a very good season for a No. 3 starter in 1996, and the Padres won the NL West and made the ...