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Remembering Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela | 1960-2024

Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela winds up to deliver a pitch at Dodger Stadium in 1988.
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A look back at the life and career of Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela, the man who brought “Fernandomania” to Los Angeles in the 1980s.

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