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Fans at Dodger Stadium and around L.A. honor Fernando Valenzuela
2 months ago

Fans at Dodger Stadium and around L.A. honor Fernando Valenzuela

LA Times  

Lifelong Dodger fans Manny Acosta, 59, and his brother, Jose Acosta, 60, sit on Vin Scully Avenue, just feet away from the shrine at the Dodger Stadium sign dedicated to the life of Fernando Valenzuela. Manny Acosta sits in the “Dodger Dodge,” his truck wrapped in Dodger blue featuring the team’s logo and an image of Fernando Valenzuela pitching. “I’m …

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Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela, who changed MLB by sparking Fernandomania, dies at 63
2 months ago

Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela, who changed MLB by sparking Fernandomania, dies at 63

LA Times  

His journey from a small town in Mexico to rousing success in Major League Baseball inspired generations of fans and created a seismic shift in the demographics of the Dodgers fan base. “It is the most puzzling, wonderful, rewarding thing I think we’ve seen in baseball in many, many years,” Vin Scully exclaimed on the air after the fifth of …

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Latino Theater Company gives out millions in grants to boost Latino theaters nationwide
1 year, 2 months ago

Latino Theater Company gives out millions in grants to boost Latino theaters nationwide

LA Times  

As executive producer of Teatro Breve, Naíma Rodríguez plans to take its original plays and programming outside Puerto Rico and into the diaspora in the rest of the United States. Achieving this goal is now possible for Teatro Breve thanks to a new $75,000 grant it will be receiving annually over two years from the National Latinx Theater Initiative — …

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One magazine secretly built community in the ’50s. Now it’s celebrated in L.A.’s queer history festival
1 year, 2 months ago

One magazine secretly built community in the ’50s. Now it’s celebrated in L.A.’s queer history festival

LA Times  

When One magazine published its first issue in January 1953, it became the first widely distributed gay publication in the United States. Throughout October, otherwise known as LGBT History Month, and taking place all over the Greater Los Angeles area, Circa will be hosting readings such as “HIV/AIDS: A Literary History” in West Hollywood, panel conversations like “Unapologetically Whole: Queer …

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The Dodgers have retired Fernando Valenzuela’s number. Does he have a path to Cooperstown?
1 year, 4 months ago

The Dodgers have retired Fernando Valenzuela’s number. Does he have a path to Cooperstown?

LA Times  

For the Dodgers, the No. Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela races catcher Mike Scioscia during the team’s first full workout after the 1981 players’ strike ended on Aug. 1. “But I think Fernando should be in the Hall of Fame because even though his numbers aren’t extraordinary and he didn’t pitch a lot of years, what he did for baseball no …

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Mike Brito, Dodgers scout who discovered Fernando Valenzuela, dies
2 years, 5 months ago

Mike Brito, Dodgers scout who discovered Fernando Valenzuela, dies

LA Times  

Mike Brito, left, and Fernando Valenzuela celebrate after the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees to win the 1981 World Series. Longtime Dodgers scout Mike Brito, whose work in Mexico over nearly 45 years with the club brought three of the franchise’s most beloved stars and dozens of others to Los Angeles, died Thursday, the team announced. Dodgers scout Mike …

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