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Fernando Valenzuela

Baseball Best-Sellers, October 25, 2024

October 25, 2024

A reminder: The Amazona rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]

Tagged as: Fernando Valenzuela, World Series

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Lest We Forget: Fernando Valenzuela

October 23, 2024

Fernandomania. One of the greatest characters of late 20th century game passed away October 22 at the age of 63. The chunky lefty made his debut for the Dodgers as a September call-up in 1980, winning two decisions. The following year, he won his first eight games, five by shutouts, en route to a magical […]

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The Bookshelf Conversation: Jeff Katz

May 18, 2015

When I saw Richard Sandomir’s article in The New York Times last year about about Jeff Katz , the Mayor of Cooperstown who writes about baseball, I thought: there but for the grace of God…. My wife, a veterinarian, had a chance to get a job in Cooperstown way back when our daughter was two. […]

Tagged as: baseball strike, Cooperstown, Dave Winfield, Fernando Valenzuela, free agency, Marvin Miller, Mayor Jeff Katz, New York Yankees, Reggie Jackson

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Because you can put all of these on your bookshelf

January 10, 2012

You just need a big bookshelf. The Los Angeles Dodgers are celebrating their 50th anniversary in their eponymous stadium so to mark the occasion they’ll be giving out bobblehead dolls throughout the season. According to Tom Hoffarth on his blog, the schedule falls out thus:   Don Drysdale and Maury Wills: Saturday, April 28 vs. […]

Tagged as: Davey Lopes, Don Drysdale, Fernando Valenzuela, Maury Wills, Orel Hershiser, Sandy Koufax, Steve Garvey, Tommy Lasorda, Vin Scully

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Literary birthday greetings: Fernando and Vic Power

November 1, 2010

Fernando Valenzuela hits the big Five-Oh today. As a rookie in the strike-shortened 1981 season he won the hearts and imaginations of baseball fans everywhere — as well as the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award — and years later got a shout-out from Annie savoy in Bull Durham. The impetus behind “Fernandomania” […]

Tagged as: Fernando Valenzuela, Vic Power

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