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LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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.
Former Los Angeles Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela has stepped away from his role as a Spanish-language radio broadcaster to "focus on his health," the team said Thursday in a statement ...
Former pitcher Fernando Valenzuela was beloved by fans. - Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Throughout his 17-year career in MLB, Valenzuela was a six-time All-Star.
“Fernando Valenzuela was a true icon of the Dodgers and the game,” U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., posted on X. “His legacy and connection with the Latino community in LA is one of the reasons I fell in love with the Dodgers.” Valenzuela was 13-7 and had a 2.48 ERA in his first season, which was shortened by a players’ strike.
Fernando Valenzuela, 63, was absent from the team's Spanish-language broadcasts near the end of the season, and has reportedly been hospitalized. Dodgers provide update on Fernando Valenzuela amid ...
Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, from 1980 to 1997 (except for a one-year sabbatical in Mexico in 1992). He played for six MLB teams, most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who signed him in 1979 and gave him his MLB debut in 1980. Valenzuela batted and threw left-handed, with an unorthodox windup.
The Dodgers had announced on Oct. 2 that Valenzuela was stepping away from the broadcast booth to focus on his health, with an aim to return for 2025. Dodgers president Stan Kasten released a ...
Valenzuela was integral to expanding the Dodgers’ and MLB’s fan base to include more Mexican-Americans. “Before Fernando, roughly only 5% of the fans at Dodger Stadium and at ballparks ...