LA Dodger great Fernando Valenzuela 1984 snapper
I recently picked up this circa 1984 snapshot of LHP Fernando Valenzuela.
I love the image!
Fernando was literally the man in the early 1980's and Fernandomania hit LA hard. A great time to be an LA Dodger fan.
Although it was surprisingly later in his career, on June 29th, 1990, Fernando pitched his only career no-hitter. What was especially cool was that he hurled it in LA in front of the hometown Dodgers faithful.
Ironically, ex-Dodger Dave Stewart also pitched his own no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays @ TOR on the same day in 1990.
To the best of my knowledge, this is the only time in ML history that two no-hitters were pitched on the same day...
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