Mr. Valenzuela was treated like a saint — complete with sidewalk shrines and mariachi ballads. Fans dubbed him “El Toro,” or the bull. The Dodgers played the Abba hit “Fernando” as his ...
Shortly after FernandoValenzuela threw what became ... pitcher developed into a six-player trade that will bring Valenzuela to St. Louis,” Mike Eisenbath reported in the June 14, 1997, ...
Hearing of the death of Los Angeles Dodger pitching legend FernandoValenzuela, 63 ... and threw his only no-hitter in 1990 against the St. Louis Cardinals. After he retired in 1997, I had ...
FernandoValenzuela, who took the baseball world by ... San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. He retired with a 173-153 record, 3.54 career ERA and 2,074 strikeouts through his 17 seasons.
So was FernandoValenzuela. What comes to mind for people — even those who weren’t alive when Valenzuela retired for good in 1997 — isn’t the San Diego Padre or St. Louis Cardinal.