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Dodgers Legend Fernando Valenzuela Dies At 63

Remembering Fernando Valenzuela, the legendary Dodgers pitcher, and his profound impact on baseball and the Latino community.

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Fernando Valenzuela’s Immediate MLB Success Gave Way to a Lasting Legacy

The Dodgers legend who died Tuesday became an instant phenomenon during his legendary 1981 campaign, creating lifelong baseball fans in Los Angeles, Latin America and beyond.

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Dodgers Legend Fernando Valenzuela Dies at Age 63

Valenzuela was the first pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young awards in the same year and inspired “Fernandomania” in Los Angeles during his historic 1981 campaign.

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Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican-born pitcher whose feats for Dodgers fueled 'Fernandomania,' dies at 63

Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who inspired “Fernandomania” in the early 1980s, has died

The Independent UK

Valenzuela is stepping away from his broadcast duties with the Dodgers to focus on his health

Fernando Valenzuela is stepping away from his broadcast duties with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the rest of the season so the former major league pitcher can focus on his health

The Independent UK

Dodgers Icon Fernando Valenzuela Steps Away From Broadcast Booth Amid Health Issues

The longtime pitcher has been a fixture on Los Angeles's airwaves for decades.

Sports Illustrated

Patrick Reusse: MLB still has Spanish-speaking influence, thanks to voices like Alfonso Fernandez

MINNEAPOLIS — Baseball's All-Star Game was played in Minnesota for the first time in 1965. There were 53 players designated as All-Stars, including those replaced due to injury. Eight of these players came from Latin America and 14 were American-born Black players.

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Bill Plaschke: Newest Dodgers inspire and help set a tone for a season of intrigue

LOS ANGELES — It was wet, cold and beautiful.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers to Retire Fernando Valenzuela’s No. 34 Jersey

Valenzuela burst onto the scene with Los Angeles in 1981, winning Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award honors.

Sports Illustrated

Fernando Valenzuela’s number retirement celebrated by Jaime Jarrín and Julio Urías

LOS ANGELES — Jaime Jarrín summed up the biggest news from the Dodgers FanFest event at Chavez Ravine on Saturday in just one sentence.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Dodgers are finally retiring Fernando Valenzuela's number

LOS ANGELES — It is more than digits on a uniform, it is a symbol of community, a monument to connection, a deep blue landmark that has long bonded a city and its baseball team.

Los Angeles Times

Jaime Jarrín is going, going — kiss him goodbye!

Jaime Jarrín went from a boy with a "microphonic voice" to one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. This is the story of how he helped bring baseball to Latinos.

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'It's the right time.' Dodgers legend Jaime Jarrín ready to sign off with gratitude.

LOS ANGELES — Last week, before a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers honored employees who have worked for the organization for at least 25 years.

Los Angeles Times

Padres to honor Dodgers broadcaster Jaime Jarrin

SAN DIEGO — Jaime Jarrin has been a member of many thousands of baseball fans' families over parts of eight decades.

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Matt Calkins: No matter your rooting interest, we all can agree that Vin Scully was the best

I got to meet Vin Scully at Petco Park once while I was working in San Diego. He was kind enough to give me 10 minutes for a story I was writing about then-Padres broadcaster Dick Enberg.

The Independent UK

Stanton, Buxton HRs lead AL over NL for 9th straight ASG win

Giancarlo Stanton and Byron Buxton homered back-to-back in the fourth inning to rally the American League over the National League 3-2 in the All-Star Game

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Welcome to Baseball USA — where the All-Star Game should always be played

The most impactful player in baseball history grew up here, Jackie Robinson learning his craft on the sandlots of Pasadena just up the road from Chavez Ravine.

Los Angeles Times

Dodger Stadium timeline: Key moments in the stadium's 60-year history

LOS ANGELES — Here's a look at many of the biggest moments in Dodger Stadium history ahead of the 2022 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday. The following timeline includes moments that aren't exclusive to the Dodgers' accomplishments in Chavez Ravine over the last 60 years.

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Bill Plaschke: With a Panama hat, cigar and radar gun, scout Mike Brito was a Dodger Stadium fixture

LOS ANGELES — He was the white Panama hat. He was the radar gun. He was the cigar. He was the heartbeat behind home plate, constant, steady, always standing, always scouting, always there.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mike Brito, Dodgers player scout, dies at 87

For years, the mustachioed Brito was instantly recognizable behind home plate dressed in a stylish suit and a Panama hat with a cigar clenched in his teeth holding a radar gun.

Sports Illustrated

Mike Brito, Legendary Dodgers Scout, Dies at 87

The well-known scout spent nearly four and half decades bringing in elite international players to the organization.

Los Angeles Times

Mike Brito, Dodgers scout who discovered Fernando Valenzuela, dies

Longtime Los Angeles Dodgers scout Mike Brito has died, the team announced Thursday afternoon.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | Equal Pay for USWNT and USMNT

U.S. Soccer has finally resolved its equal pay dispute with a historic pair of agreements.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Dodgers deliver emotion, history and lay down the hammer in home opener

LOS ANGELES — It was dark, it was chilly, and the national anthem was interrupted by the flyover.

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