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This Day In Dodgers History: Fernando Valenzuela Makes Opening
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Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela pitches his third
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Dodgers walk off in World Series Game 3
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Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75
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The day Fernando Valenzuela threw 146 pitches in a complete-game
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MLB: Dodgers sweep Washington Nationals with 3-0 victory - Los
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The World Series game that turned the tide for the 1981 Dodgers
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164 Fernando Valenzuela 1981 Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and
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I look up to the hills, from where cometh my help.”
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40 years after Fernandomania, Fernando Valenzuela still icon - The
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The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball - The New York Times
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Vin Scully, Fernando Valenzuela throw out 1st pitch before Game 2