Fernando Valenzuela Passed Awsy

KingWard

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His career reminded me of those of Mark Fidrych (really short-lived) and Sam McDowell - relative flashes in the pan - all of them.
 

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Got a Fernando Valenzuela rookie card somewhere in a box. That bad boy was going to pay for college.
 

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His career reminded me of those of Mark Fidrych (really short-lived) and Sam McDowell - relative flashes in the pan - all of them.
Can't really go along with regulating him to a flash in the pan. He played for the Dodgers for 11 years (out of 17 years in the majors), 4 times won MVP, 6 years in the All Star game, 4 time winner of the Cy Young Award.
 

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His career reminded me of those of Mark Fidrych (really short-lived) and Sam McDowell - relative flashes in the pan - all of them.

Not really, Fernando won a 173 games, 2074 strikeouts, heck even had 187 hits in 936 At bats, good for a .200 batting average, not bad for a pitcher.

Fernando is one of I think 11 players to have his number retired by the Dodgers, including Brooklyn players, that is a pretty high honor when you think of all the talent that has played there.

Fidyrch won 29 games and had 170 career strikeouts, not really comparable imho
 
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Not really, Fernando won a 173 games, 2074 strikeouts, heck even had 187 hits in 936 At bats, good for a .200 batting average, not bad for a pitcher.

Fernando is one of I think 11 players to have his number retired by the Dodgers, including Brooklyn players, that is a pretty high honor when you think of all the talent that has played there.

Fidyrch won 29 games and had 170 career strikeouts, not really comparable imho
the dodgers used him to pitch hit quite a bit
 
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Not really, Fernando won a 173 games, 2074 strikeouts, heck even had 187 hits in 936 At bats, good for a .200 batting average, not bad for a pitcher.

Fernando is one of I think 11 players to have his number retired by the Dodgers, including Brooklyn players, that is a pretty high honor when you think of all the talent that has played there.

Fidyrch won 29 games and had 170 career strikeouts, not really comparable imho
I concede the point. I went back and did a little reading to refresh my memory. I think that, except for a couple of really splendid years, he seemed underwhelming to me in the overall. But he did hang around in the Majors longer than I remembered. Thanks.
 
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