Remembering late Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela

[@joemama-lq9yx]

Win it for Fernando...Lets go Dodgers!!

[@larryaldama1673]

💙🇺🇸💙⚾️🇺🇸🇲🇽

[@rm-jl8wy]

Let's f-ing GO for Ferny!!💙💙💙💙

[@duffman1876]

He dies right when Dodgers are about to play? C'mon people,open them eye's 🍺🍻

[@carlosfryer3887]

Padres fan here, and in San Diego, Fernando is known as the guy who brought much more of the Mexican LA community to Dodger Stadium. Down here in SD, lots of older elderly Raza that have stories of going up to LA to see Fernando pitch . He will be missed Dearly. Thank you for making history Fernando RIP

[@rm-jl8wy]

@@carlosfryer3887 I am a So Cal sports fan, so that includes SD teams as well! So I remember him with the Pads. So many Dodgers go there, and vice versa!

[@abrahammacuil4838]

I’m sad. Very sad. Fernando, Lasorda, Vinny & my pops…..HUGE part of my childhood….all gone. 😢😢😢

[@LAD-b1y]

Amen brother !! I’m in the same situation. Viva Los Dodgers!

[@brendaruiz5630]

@@LAD-b1ymay the dodgers take this w🙏🏼💙🕊️🫶!!!!!

[@JaykRyan]

😢😢😢😢

[@actress29austin34]

I'm heartbroken 💔 😢 Fernando was an All-Time MLB & Dodgers legend. May he rest peacefully 🙏🏼🙏🏼🕊🌹

[@rhondablack8079]

I feel the same💔 life goes by so fast. I lost my Dad in September. We went to games when Sandy Koufax was pitching. Loved Vin Scully, Lasorda, Fernando

[@gqmartinez1]

Damn this hurts. He could have watched our beloved Dodgers play the Yankees in the fall classic. Damn just a few days shy. El gran toro RIP.

[@Rico-ow3ys]

Lots of tears will be flowing Friday at Dodgers Stadium.

[@jb.8992]

He will be watching the Dodgers from Heaven! Seated right next to Tommy and Vin!

[@Silence_Duder_Gooder]

@@jb.8992, watching from heaven down on Blue heaven.

[@hansel2001]

As a Yankees fan growing up in NY/NJ in the 80s, the Yankees/Dodgers rivalry was everything. Every kid knew the full line-up of both the Yankees and the Dodgers. In 1980s NYC, i didn’t know one Mexican, but i knew PRs, DRs, CRs, Peruvians, Cubans, everything but Mexican. There was NO hate for Hispanics in the 80s NYC. We loved the PR Parade just as much as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Let me tell you, FernandoMania was real even in NYC. He was hated yet loved even for New Yorkers. RIP, Fernando. You did so much for the sport. You will always be remembered.

[@rm-jl8wy]

Yea I remember it bro! The rivaly was really intense! Now it's back! We will WIN It for FERNANDO!!💙💙💙💙

[@mikefolsom727]

I'm a Yankees fan but what a great pitcher. Rest in Peace Fernando. Magically. My thoughts and prayers are with your family friends

[@danielavila5081]

I was born and raised in Los Angeles I love the Dodgers/Yankees rivalry Great Legends come from both teams... Great Memories.

[@Silence_Duder_Gooder]

Thanks Yankees fan. 🤘 Now let's get after it. 😝

[@FOTAP97]

Thank you sir, from a Dodgers fan.

[@davidrosenberg4676]

Fernandomania was insane, such great memories, will never forget his look to the sky before pitching.

[@raingubb]

Lasorda, Scully, My Father, Tonight Fernando. 😢 I lost a big part of my childhood today. Descansa En Paz Rest In Peace Toro

[@MyNameIsSTILLUnavailable]

Fernandomania Running Wild, Brother!

[@aw1078]

RIP Legend😢

[@samsonassefa1633]

RIP, LA will always remember you

[@Bigbearbows]

Fernando was the Dodger pitcher of my childhood at Chavez Ravine. He had an Unbelievable Screwball. Fernando Mania forever!!!

[@nelsperezmaico9103]

Thank you for making me an avid fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers ever. You’ll be missed by the whole Dodgers nation. May your soul rest in peace.

[@BFun95]

RIP Fernando Valenzuela... Your now resting in Heaven Blue

[@chris372a]

Fernando thank you for all the joy and happiness that you brought me and many others

[@JClovestha80s]

Let's Win it for FERNANDO🙏 💙💙💙

[@mariae.fernandez8452]

I truly hope the Doyers win the World Series and now we, as LATINOS want it for his legacy!!! GO DODGERS, GO BIG BLUE!!! R.I.P. EL TORRO.😢🕊️🕊️🕊️💙💙💙💙💙💙🇲🇽🇺🇸

[@Horchata44]

And they did 😌

[@zjenji]

I will never forget Fernandomania. That rookie year was insane! RIP Fernando.

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

I was just young enough to miss Fernandomania, but I respect anyone who brings people into a sport in a wholesome way, and Fernando Valenzuela is one of those people. RIP to a baseball legend.

[@laconfidential8504]

Fernandomania Forever 🇲🇽 RIP Fernando “El Toro” Valenzuela 🙏💔🕊️

[@DavidLopez-ol7fh]

One of the all time Dodger greats. His rookie season was one for the ages. God bless Fernando and may he rest in peace 🙏

[@derick-smith]

Thank you for everything Fernando. RIP

[@armandovalenzuelaiii]

I will always remember my first MLB game as a kid in 1982 watching Fernando Valenzuela pitch. It forever changed my life, my love for baseball, and love for the Dodgers. Seeing our last name on the back of the iconic jersey, gave me chills then and to this day. Fernando will always be remembered for the contributions he made on the mound, in the community, and for baseball. Rest in Peace El Toro 💙⚾️✝️

[@ramonalopez8186]

So,so sad. 😢 I'm crying because Fernando V. was a good man and loved the Dodgers. RIP ✝️🙏 God Bless your family during these times.🛐😇

[@AbnerDelgado-l6z]

Thank you Fernando for all the great memories. Will miss you dearly.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

I'm a Giants fan, but, you had to love Fernando. RIP

[@monkeymark]

Respect from a dodgers fan

[@BobDenton-of4fw]

I was never a fan of the Dodgers. But Fernando was so great. I loved him as a player. He is missed.

[@revlo1557]

Let’s win it for Fernando!

[@JackieWilliamson-j3l]

Thank you. LA times for this tribute. 💙⚾️🙏

[@jericpahe4738]

Fernando, you were my grandfather's favorite player. The year you won the Cy Young, ROY and winning the World Series, was the year I was born. Because of that, my grandfather saw it as a sign to make me a Dodgers fan. So without you, that might not have happened. I want to say thank you for what you've done for OUR team. And thank you for the bond that you helped create with my grandfather and I during that time. 43 years later, I still smile and think of him whenever I hear "IT'S TIME FOR DODGER BASEBALL". You did that for me Fernando. Thank you Sir. Rest easy.

[@lukemarquez9578]

Same here I was born in 1981 and my LA grandparents similar story

[@teddyde6128]

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[@teddyde6128]

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[@gabrielquesnot7840]

R.I.P EL TORO!!!! You will be missed by many!💙⚾️💙⚾️

[@jhennessyde-la-fuente7193]

The saddest thing for the Dodgers team is the news of the passing of the great Fernando Valenzuela. It is very sad that he no longer had the opportunity to see his Dodgers win after 41 years where he was the star pitcher. Rest In Peace Fernando 'El Toro" Valenzuela. 😢

[@WriterusAeternus]

So sad. My heart breaks 💔

[@cbonilla10027]

RIP. Fernandomania will live on forever. Beautiful era of baseball.

[@Fresnophil]

Tears rolling, I love Fernando, we will miss you Toro!

[@desiderioaguilar90]

Man 😭 as a Méxican is really painful loss one of our sports hero 😢

[@tomc2376]

painful and shocking loss for all MLB fans. loved his spirit, personality, talent. added so much to the game.

[@Rayburn58]

1981, the year of the Fernando. Listening to Vinny and Jerry broadcast his first 8 starts, 8-0 with 5 shutouts. In game 3 of the 1981 world series, Fernando pitched one of the greatest and most courageous games in world series history. You had to have been there or watching live on TV to understand. He must thrown over 160 pitches, and Lasorda left him in there to complete the game and save the series for the Dodgers. This is very sad, there has never been a more humble, soft spoken, and well behaved Baseball player than Fernando. The hispanic community in LA was so proud of him, and he represented them so well.

[@ChrisN-q9l]

Great recap, that WS win was phenomenal and underrated, in my opinion.

[@gemeric4400]

Cannot believe how sad I am

[@JoseRamirez-ju2rb]

He will be missed...a true legend...one of the all time greats

[@EricEdLoveless]

He was my hero and changed how I watched baseball.

[@beefandkimchee]

What a time this happened. Rest In Peace, Fernando. You will always be remembered. Lets win this for Don Fernando, Dodgers!⚾️

[@rm-jl8wy]

RIP Fernando! VIVA LA RAZA!! VIVA LOS DODGERS!!!

[@paulhenning6910]

Rest in Peace prayers for you and your family. Thank you for the great days of baseball. Fans around the world are sad. 10/22/24

[@dl3988]

I'll always remember watching him dominate the playoffs in 1981, the year I started following MLB. He also had one of the most unique, iconic deliveries. Thanks for the memories, legend. Hope the Dodgers use his memory has inspiration to beat the Yankees again!

[@abelinaportillo1783]

Heroes are remembered But Legends never die Fernando ValenzueLA ⚾️🕊️

[@brendaruiz5630]

Couldn’t have said it any better 🙏🏼🕊️💙😭

[@michaelkenyon6173]

Big Mets fan. I remember Fernando and Doc Gooden pitching back to back in the all star game. KKKKKK RIP Fernando the great. My condolences to his family and the Dodgers fans.

[@tonyrosales915]

This hurts. A great man and a great ambassador of the sport of baseball is gone but definitely not forgotten. I will be eternally grateful to my parents for taking my brother's and I to so many Dodger games in the 80's, when we were little kids, and many of those games Fernando was on the mound. RIP El Toro, from the Rosales family😊❤🙏

[@bengolfs1]

Fernando was great and very much a part of my childhood growing up in the 1980's in LA. But I knew something was horribly wrong the last time I saw him. He looked so ill. Man, I really hope the Dodgers can win it all for the city, which is in mourning right now....

[@JorgeGonzalez-vu6hd]

He did not get to see this World Series in person but he will h following it in the sky with all the other great ones rip great one u will be missed. GO DODGERS LA

[@victorm1559]

Great memories RIP Go Dodgers

[@alexo.4324]

RIP Fernando. You brought lots of joy and excitement to LA. You'll be missed 😔

[@jamesdacc2068]

Huge Giants fan here in the SFV. This hits hard. He was a great ambassador for baseball, one of the biggest reasons the Dodgers are right up there with the Lakers as the most popular team in L A. I can remember at the height of Fernando-Mania there was a serious proposal to change the name of the San Fernando Valley to the San Fernando Valenzuela. 63 years old, way too young. Rest In Peace, Fernie.

[@Silence_Duder_Gooder]

Thanks for the kind words Huge Giants fan, you're okay in my Huge Dodgers fan's book.

[@chelasarabia5004]

Cause of Fernando Valenzuela my family became Die heart dodger fans I remeber my mom wearing his shirt back in tne 80s. So sad. So young rest in peace. Condolences to his family. ❤

[@paulreah5657]

Remember him in his rookie year! We used to get Vin Scully doing the Dodger games in the pre-Dianondback years. What a pitcher!

[@thebenevolentlight]

Dodgers 2024 WS Champs. Do it for #34! 💙

[@TK-mf5in]

Noooooooo!!! I just opened this app and see this? I was 11 years old when he came on the scene and I was hooked. He was on the cover of everything here in LA and weekly national sports mags. I would paste them all on my wall and of course tried a million times to imitate his wind up. I miss him already. Rest well, my hero.

[@Silence_Duder_Gooder]

We were the same age when he arrived... what a trip it was to have Vinny's call drowned out by Jaime Jarrin's call in the left field pavilion. Angering racists all throughout. So awesome.

[@JJ-xm5eg]

Booooo. Such sad news to hear of him passing away!😢Rest in Peace to a legend. # 34 Puro Valenzuela!!!✊🏽❤

[@DaxPlayer828]

A true legend 💯 Fernando-mania will be forever ingrained in Dodger lore ⚾️

[@josejacquez9176]

I'm glad I was able to go to last year's game when they retired his number. It was an amazing feeling. He's the reason my father became a Dodgers fan and consequently the reason me and my daughter are too. Going to have him on mi OFRENDA next to my old man.

[@ceciliamartinez3460]

RIP VALENZUELA SOO SAD!!

[@pablitotorrito9618]

Rest in peace ,I love the Dodgers team because of Fernando Valenzuela

[@figmillenium]

Even as a young Mexican American Astros fan in Houston, I was also swept up by Fernandomania. Rest in peace, El Toro.

[@Benito-fn4ip]

Fortunate to have seen Fernando play a couple times. Including one World Series game in 81.

[@lgaytan65]

SO SAD!!! I'm Mexican-American & never been prouder of living the great era of Fernandomania back in the magical year of 1981. I was actually talking to a friend of mine today that the last time the Yankees faced the Dodgers in the World Series was back in 1981 when Fernando was at the height of his fame. Wow, I'm really shook up by this news. I went to go see him live in his rookie year which was the 1st time that I had been to a MLB baseball game in San Diego, which was one of the highlights of my childhood! Long live forever El "GRAN" Toro from Etchohuaquila, Sonora, Mexico!!!!! RIP hermano!!!!

[@buicklincoln]

Also, a great hitting pitcher. I remember when Lasorda used to send him to bat for the pitcher to save his regular pinch-hitters. RIP, Fernando!

[@josesalcido5154]

Fernandomania will always live 💙💙💙

[@DougCeleste]

Descanse en paz, Fernando! 🙏

[@hugo5086]

We Love you Fernando

[@ritogarcia1186]

Baseball and Dodgers fan cuz of him!!!! RIP LEGEND😢❤

[@gusone11]

FERNANDO MANIA FOREVER. 34 QUE DECANSE EN PAZ AMIGO...

[@jsbeavv]

My most sincere and deepest condolences to his wife and family 😢

[@viralocity_oficial]

RIP, QEPD.. SE FUE UNO DE LOS GRANDES 😢.. A GANAR 2024 PARA FERNANDO ¡

[@tomdallas3690]

To give you an idea of how big he was, I was about 13 or 14, from near Pittsburgh. I went to Florida to visit a relative one winter. On the TV was some type of off-season league in another country (they played when the MLB season was over). I look up, and shockingly excited, I see that Fernando Valenzuela was pitching for the team. I said....THE Fenando Valenzuela? And yes it was him, pitching year-round. This was probably early 80's.....maybe 81 or 82. What did I do? I grabbed a camera and took a picture of the television set while he was pitching. He was a huge deal.

[@elsrflanders1545]

descanse en Paz Fernando !!!

[@Factsoverfeels8]

RIP legend 🇲🇽⚾️. Win it for Fernando Valenzuela

[@sethgeeko867]

Me and my brother are Mexicans from La and we are sad about this shit

[@ProdHypno]

😔😔😔😔😔😔im crying rn rip

[@MegaRossss]

RIP at 63. 😢😢😢

[@appleforever6664]

RIP FERNANDO! VIVA FERNANDO!!!

[@cherylcalac8485]

It was so exciting to watch him play. We always went to the Dodger /Padre games.

[@lukemarquez9578]

I was lucky enough to be born in 1981 as a Dodgers Baby my grandpa and grandma use to watch and listen to the games as I was growing up in LA. Sad day for Dodgers fans and LA. But the Dodgers are going to win it this year for him honoring him.

[@anthonyriche552]

I loved, loved, loooved Fernando Valenzuela. I watched him pitch whenever he was on TV and mind you I grew up a Mets fan. "Fernandomania" was real and watching him pitch was a joy. RIP Fernando and thanks for the memories.

[@rafaelgomez7307]

RIP descansa en paz Fernando Valenzuela el mejor beisbolista de México en historia 🕊️

[@jcw9975]

RIP Fernando. Icon.

[@Scionara_818]

Rest in Peace💙🙏🏻🤍

[@gec-o2167]

RIP 🙏🏼 Fernando.

[@druduns1]

LA Times must’ve had the heads up he wasn’t going to make it! 😢 Rest in Peace Raza Legend

[@Rico-ow3ys]

I had a bad feeling last time I saw him on TV, he didn't look well. Was hoping for the best, guess it was his time. RIP EL Toro.

[@deamonlite]

I think this is a short version of a video they did for the 40th anniversary of Fernandomania.

[@aswanwilliam]

So sad to here RIP

[@jsbeavv]

Thank you for everything Fernando. You’ll always be loved and missed and forever remembered 😢

[@danielavila5081]

This hot hard I am heartbroken I was born and grew up in Los Angeles I remember watching him play live ... Beyond Amazing Viva Fernando!!!

[@renelopez2244]

Rest in peace champ

[@lolitadiaz0113]

Oh noo I grew up watching his games we are ❣️❤️🥹🙏🏼very proud of him he made History with The Dodgers I just heard him on the radio on Sunday what happened to him rip 😢🇲🇽💯🙏🏼

[@CONNIECOLVIN-wg8bq]

Most informative report. Sad, so young, and just before the Dodgers Workd Series

[@millerman6594]

RIP EL TORO🙏🏼

[@andrewrosen6508]

Yankee fan but must say, he was a terrific pitcher. May he rest in peace.

[@Pavaj1]

I’m 😭 Crying RIP “El Toro” 🐂⚾️

[@wickedpawn5437]

Will never forget October 19, 1981, Valenzuela pitching at zero degrees Celsius weather and eliminating my Montreal Expos from the World Series.

[@josemadrigal7782]

RIP toro, forever one of the greats. We love you Toro 😢, peace

[@alvakary]

Descanse en paz Torito Valenzuela

[@keithgreen3257]

Thanks Fernando for your service..😢

[@dennisromero4757]

Thank You LA Times for sharing this sad news of One of Gods Greatest Gifts to Los Angeles. Rest In Peace Fernando, you will be missed for years and years to come.

[@omarochoa8690]

This WS is for him ! 🙏🏼

[@ingnir]

You represented a lot to us Latinos. You gave us a lot of pride and joy. Rest in peace legend.

[@johnlennon7228]

Incluso en la película E.T. El extraterrestre (1982) , están viendo en la tv a los Dodgers y a Fernando Valenzuela. Fue un gran suceso ser novato del año en 1981 aquí en Guadalajara . No nos perdíamos los partidos de los Dodgers : Pedro Guerrero, Steve Sax , Dusty Baker, Steve Garvey, Mike Sciocia. Un abrazo a tod@s l@s seguidores de Fernando y de Dodgers desde Guadalajara ❤ Descanse en paz Toro Valenzuela.

[@rickhunter6479]

😢RIP

[@vikingjerome2438]

I Became a Dodgers fan because of fernando 😢

[@Antonio-os7eh]

Me too! 80's😊✌️