There have been 147 Mexican-born players in MLB history. The greatest among them was the legendary Fernando Valenzuela, who became an instant sensation with the Dodgers in the early 1980s and the only ...

When Fernando Valenzuela first stepped onto the mound in 1981, few could have predicted the seismic shift he would create, not just in baseball, but in the cultural fabric of Los Angeles. His untimely ...

It’s fun to play on the internet and encounter treasures like the full television broadcast of the 1981 World Series. Pearl Bailey sang the anthem. The lead play-by-play voice belonged to a man better ...

On Tuesday night, former Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres left-hander Fernando Valenzuela died at the age of 63. A hugely important figure in Dodgers history, he spent 11 years with Los ...

Baseball lost a legend on Tuesday. Former Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who became the only player in MLB history to win Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award in the same season in 1981, ...

Fernando Valenzuela improved to 8-0 with an eighth consecutive complete game to begin the 1981 season on this day in Los Angeles Dodgers history. His start against the Montreal Expos on May 14, 1981, ...

It truly was the best of times and the worst of times in baseball in 1981. On one hand, the "Fernandomania" phenomenon brought unmatched levels of excitement to the game every fourth of fifth day in a ...

(AP) Ray Grebey, who led Major League Baseball labor negotiations during the tumultuous 50-day strike that split the 1981 season, has died. He was 85. Grebey died Aug. 28 in Stamford, Conn., and a ...

It's an all-star East Coast-West Coast showdown this week between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The two blue-blood franchises have won a combined 34 World Series titles, the most ...

It is a ratings jackpot more than four decades in the making, a bicoastal bonanza that has eluded Major League Baseball since 1981 and Fox Sports since the broadcasting giant aired its first World ...