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1 posted on 10/23/2024 8:12:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
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When he first started he didn’t even speak English.


2 posted on 10/23/2024 8:15:16 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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hospitalized for an undisclosed illness......🤔

RIP El Toro.....63 is far too young


3 posted on 10/23/2024 8:17:06 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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He was a fantastic pitcher. However, as I recall, he always struggled with his weight. They did not tell a cause of death, so maybe, since he was rather young, it may have had something to do with that, like diabetes.

I’m just making a guess.

RIP to Fernando, one really great pitcher.


6 posted on 10/23/2024 8:19:30 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Don't let evil win again!)
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During a time when MLB was still entertaining for this fan. RIP, Fernando.


8 posted on 10/23/2024 8:20:25 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Remember Fernando Mania. He threw a nasty screwball; a pitch that has gone extinct. One of those pitchers with a unique throwing motion. Supposedly the scout who discovered Fernando had a lifetime job as the radar gun guy right behind the catcher.


11 posted on 10/23/2024 8:23:32 AM PDT by C19fan
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Wow, 17 years in the major leagues as a pitcher is an incredible accomplishment. Especially in an era when starters were allowed to pitch complete games.


12 posted on 10/23/2024 8:24:25 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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Vin Scully + Fernando Valenzuela = EXCITING BASEBALL!

Fernie was the king of shut-outs and even pitched a no-hitter.

14 posted on 10/23/2024 8:31:11 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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Bump


15 posted on 10/23/2024 8:41:08 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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“63” lol.


18 posted on 10/23/2024 9:09:50 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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very popular put a lot of butts in the seats.


19 posted on 10/23/2024 9:48:32 AM PDT by coalminersson
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Memory Eternal!

He died too young!


21 posted on 10/23/2024 10:39:40 AM PDT by Honorary Serb
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Rest In Peace


25 posted on 10/23/2024 11:42:10 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (What is the cost of lies?)
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This is from three weeks ago...

https://www.marca.com/en/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/2024/10/02/66fd082122601d184e8b458f.html


26 posted on 10/23/2024 11:50:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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