One of the greatest pitchers in Los Angeles Dodgers history was honored Friday night at Dodger Stadium before the game. The Dodgers retired Fernando Valenzuela’s No. 34 jersey, the culminatin…
Valenzuela broke in with the Dodgers in a huge way in 1981. Besides winning the World Series, he won Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award, the first player to do so in the same year.
“Tommy Lasorda came up to me and said, ‘Are you ready to pitch tomorrow?’ I said, ‘I’m ready,'” Valenzuela recalled. “That’s what I was looking for, the opportunity to show what I can do.”Beyond the diamond, he had a huge cultural impact. Valenzuela’s now-retired number was unveiled on the left field club level, where he joined previous honorees Pee Wee Reese, Lasorda, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Jim Gilliam, Don Sutton, Walter Alston, Sandy Koufax, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Don Drysdale and Hall of Fame broadcasters Vin Scully and Jaime Jarrín.
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