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Luis Cruz, newest member of Dodgers Spanish-language broadcast team, remains fan favorite
1 month, 1 week ago

Luis Cruz, newest member of Dodgers Spanish-language broadcast team, remains fan favorite

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Twelve years later, the chants hadn’t changed. “The level of excitement these couple days have been really, really high,” Cruz said in a phone interview Thursday from Mexico, where he was finishing his playing career in his country’s winter league. “A lot of fans saying ‘Cruuuz, welcome back!’ It was so many messages that I’m like, ‘Wow, it’s been 12 …

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Family, friends and fans pay tribute to Fernando Valenzuela at public funeral mass
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Family, friends and fans pay tribute to Fernando Valenzuela at public funeral mass

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Pallbearers wheel out the casket of Fernando Valenzuela as a fan in a Valenzuela jersey looks on during the funeral mass on Wednesday. “He was a great man, a great baseball player and he meant a lot to Los Angeles and to our people.” Dodgers Remembering Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela | 1960-2024 A look back at the life and career …

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Letters to Sports: Fernandomania is sweeping the heavens
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Letters to Sports: Fernandomania is sweeping the heavens

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Fernando Valenzuela has been traded to the Angels. Paul Kessler Los Angeles :: Fernando Valenuela was Mexico’s Shohei Ohtani. Barry Smith Thousand Oaks :: When I was hosting Dodger talk in the 1980s on KABC, I tried to be objective on the club’s play and believe me, not all the players appreciated my honesty. It’s hard to say what athletes …

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Jaime Jarrín on Fernando Valenzuela: ‘He was so smart. ... He was a marvel, really’
2 months ago

Jaime Jarrín on Fernando Valenzuela: ‘He was so smart. ... He was a marvel, really’

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Hall of Fame Dodgers Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime Jarrín rose to national prominence when he became Fernando Valenzuela’s interpreter during his rookie season. Sometimes Fernando’s agent Tony DeMarco also came, and we always left a day before the team in order to meet the requests of the press in all the cities. Jaime Jarrín, left, talks to Fernando Valenzuela before a …

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Latinx Files: The ‘Non-English’ Edition
1 year, 10 months ago

Latinx Files: The ‘Non-English’ Edition

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What a weekend for “Non-English,” amirite? On Twitter, people were split between clowning on the broadcast for what turns out is a standard practice of live closed captioning — “My first language is Non-English,” quipped comedian Cristela Alonzo — and expressing indignation that CBS would do the biggest star in the world dirty like that. “Thirty-four is the Dodgers’ true …

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Fernando Valenzuela’s number retirement celebrated by Jaime Jarrín and Julio Urías
1 year, 10 months ago

Fernando Valenzuela’s number retirement celebrated by Jaime Jarrín and Julio Urías

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Fernando Valenzuela throws out the ceremonial first pitch during the 2022 MLB All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium. “This,” the Dodgers’ recently retired Spanish radio voice said after the team announced it would retire Fernando Valenzuela’s No. They could have done it several years ago.” Dodgers Spanish-language announcer Jaime Jarrín, left, talks to former player and broadcast partner Fernando Valenzuela before …

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Jaime Jarrín has seen every big Dodgers moment in L.A.: Here are his fondest memories
2 years, 5 months ago

Jaime Jarrín has seen every big Dodgers moment in L.A.: Here are his fondest memories

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Legendary Dodgers Spanish broadcaster Jaime Jarrín, who is retiring after this season, offers up his top Dodgers moments since they came to Los Angeles. Sandy Koufax’s perfect game I’ve seen three perfect games. Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela and Ron Cey exchange a high-five after Game 3 of the 1981 World Series against the Yankees. Sandy Koufax clinches the World Series …

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Why Fernando Valenzuela should be in Baseball Hall of Fame
3 years, 8 months ago

Why Fernando Valenzuela should be in Baseball Hall of Fame

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Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela delivers during a win over the Philadelphia Phillies on May 23, 1984. Sports Celebrating the legacy of Fernandomania 40 years later ‘Fernandomania @ 40’ is a multi-episode documentary series that examines star pitcher Fernando Valenzuela’s impact on the Dodgers, Major League Baseball and the Latino community in Los Angeles 40 years ago. Longtime Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime …

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