Fernandomania @ 40 - Full Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 10 авг 2023
- The Dodgers always seemed to know before anyone else that baseball was meant as a multicultural game. While in Brooklyn, the team shattered Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 with the arrival of Jackie Robinson. And in the 1960s, Sandy Koufax captured the imagination of L.A.’s Jewish community. Yet, for more than two decades, the Dodgers lacked a star to whom the city’s large Mexican and Mexican American communities could relate.
That all changed in 1981, when Fernando Valenzuela took the mound on opening day, throwing a five-hit shutout against the Houston Astros en route to an 8-0 start to the season. The 20-year-old rookie left-hander from the small town of Etchohuaquila, Mexico, became a sensation for his baseball prowess and his quirks - the hair, the windup, the screwball. More importantly, he inspired a local Latino community, many of whom had never before rooted for the team. Finally, they had a hero who looked just like them. It was called Fernandomania, and it reverberated both inside Dodger Stadium on the nights Valenzuela pitched, and all over Los Angeles.
“Fernandomania @ 40” looks at Valenzuela’s impact and legacy - as an athlete who opened doors for ballplayers around the globe and how he almost single-handedly helped mend the team’s frosty relationship with those who had never forgotten that the team built its stadium on land that had been vacated by primarily Latino families in Chavez Ravine in the 1950s.
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Fernando Valenzuela is a legend here in Mexico, but sometimes we forget (or really ignore) how important he was to the Latino community in L.A. He deserves all the honours and recognition.
Simón cachetón You are totally right 👍 LA loves Fernando part of the chicano mexicano culture
Even non Dodger fans like myself know Fernando was an absolute treasure and a bolt of lightning for the MLB. Felt lucky to have seen him pitch in relief in big games in 1980, and a few starts during the initial wave of "Fernandomania" of the first half of the 1981 season. and for many years to come, to the joy of all baseball fans........
It was cool. I lived in LA during 81 and became a Padres fan later (I met Tony Gwynn-and that did it) so I got to enjoy Fernando as a Dodger and a Padre.
@@turtle19dad Gwynn was extremely special! One of my All time favorites. Loved going to Jack Murphy to see him play. Saw, in person, his1997 inside the park Grand Slam HR vs LA in Dodger Stadium
That's a good one. Everyone focuses on the 1981 season, but he had already had a pretty effective 1980 season as reliever.
I see why majority of Mexicans in Los Angeles are Dodgers Fans, because of Fernando Valenzuela 🔵⚪️⚾️☀️🌴3️⃣4️⃣🇲🇽
Fernando was the reason I started playing baseball. I was eight years old and I stopped playing soccer and fell in love with baseball. It was because of Fernie.
Excelente documental, el toro Valenzuela enorgulleció a todo un país y a la comunidad México americana de LA.
Excelente documental. You Just missed about the Fenando's hability to hit the ball. He won the silver bat for being the best hitter as a pitcher in the whole MLB.
I lived in Sonora in 1981. I lived about an hour from Echajoa where his Mexican team played. It was mania. Everybody was losing their mind cheering for FV. . The kids were wearing #34 shirts, Fernando shirts etc. When Dodgers won the World Series I think we partied for a week. Good times and great memories.
i became and still am a Dodger fan because of Fernando. Born and raised in Chicago
Such a fun time! I followed him in the local newspaper. 8-0 with a 0.50 ERA in 1981! Haven't seen anything like it since.
Legend 🇲🇽⚾️
In New Jersey in 1981 .. us kids thought he was from Venezuela not Mexico lol
Go Fernando 🇲🇽
Long live Fer I’m a Chicano 🇺🇸🇲🇽 go dodgers 👌🏻
Growing up a Dodgers fan in northern CA my dad made sure we never missed a Fernando start at Candlestick park
Same here
Remember that Fernando won 173* MLB games. He was more than any flash-in-the-pan pop culture media celebrity.
At the early age of 20 Valenzuela energized fans in Los Angeles, Mexico and throughout the big leagues with one of the most remarkable seasons in baseball history and when he pitched , attendance rose dramatically at home and away games. T.V. ratings spiked too. He made being a lefthander cool😎which sparked the phenomenon known ad "Fernandomania" and almost singlehandedly repairing a fractured relationship between the L A. Dodgers and the cities Mexican American community. He meant everthing to a community that was thirsty for a hero. Valenzuela was the firtst pitcher to win the Rookie of rhe year award and the Cy Young award in the same season and helped the Dodgers win the 1981 World Series against the N.Y Yankees Yankees. What a year for baseball. Thank you Fernando Valenzuela ❤
I still remember having the Dodger baseball cards the LAPD used to hand out. All ties to those teams. Specifically the 81 Dodgers. Yes it was KTTV-11 with Vin, Ross Porter and Jerry Doggett. Good times.
Fernando had a special kind of non-chalant, unassuming, truly humble charisma.
The best pitcher in the world 🌎 throwing the screw ball and is Mexican Fernando Valenzuela
El mejor pitcher de México. Gracias por haber elaborado el vídeo.
El mejor pícher Mexicano que ha estado en grades ligas
Dios Todopoderoso, los siga Bendiciendo y Fortaleciendo grandemente hoy, mañana y siempre a Él y a su Preciosa Familia!
⚾️🇲🇽⚾️🇲🇽⚾️🇲🇽
El mejor Lanzador de historia en Mexico .
Thank-you Los Angeles Times...
I noticed Mando Ramos on the marque of the Olympic. A huge local hero. My best friend's dad has had two blocks of season tickets since the stadium opened. I went to a lot of games in the 70s and 80s , World Series and playoffs. But when people started to get beaten up in the parking lot I stopped going to pro sports altogether. CSULB games were closer , easier to get to and I knew everyone that worked there. Even met players parents , I always said there was nothing like the excitement of the world series, but the college regionals were a lot of fun also.
Wow ! And I never knew anything about this at all 🙏🏾😞 Wow ! And this was a great sports history lesson
Dad was always bitter about Chavez Ravine. It just broke his heart to see Mexicans forcibly removed from their homes. We grew up being a Giants fan. That didn't change when Fernandomania came along because dad knew at one point Fernando would be discarded from the Dodgers
I hope Fernando makes it to the Hall of Fame eventually. Being on the east coast, I didn't see him pitch frequently. But on Games of the Week, and in the playoffs, he was electric for 5-6 years. I'd rather have him than Don Sutton.
He's got two WS rings, that's better than being in the HoF.
Not only as a baseball man but also asa human being I have mad respect to him.💙 💙 💙 💙
Happy weekend of love for sports competitions & good vibes, never let any evil dare to harm you guys, fans love youuuuu 👍🍀👏🎂💐💎🍾🎁🍀🎇🥂😍👌💋🌺🤗🙋🦋🤗🙋🦋
I saw his only win as a Phillie which came against the Dodgers. Phillies were winning 9-0 going into the 9th inning, Dodgers ended up scoring 7 runs.
Awesome documentary my people la raza
I got a scholarship to college and was told I lacked the power to make the bigs so I developed a screwball. As God is my witness it was almost like Fernando's, until I incurred rotator cuff damage with the Cardinals 2 years later.
Yea right an I was at good as dale Earnhardt in a stock car an could a won 7 Daytona 500 like Richard Petty but I ruptured a nut making a porno with Pamela Anderson an lost my ride but if not for thAt id won the Daytona 500 multiple times
Willie Gs dad is a real one!
I got a hand me down baseball autographed by Fernando. 😂 I don’t even like baseball but he’s Raza homie.
Fernando...Fernando...Fernando...!!!
It's a shame he's not in the Hall of Famae
Dude was describing the 70s Dodger line up and skipped right past Davey Lopes.
I saw him pitch for Edmonton* in Portland in the PCL.
Nothing since in MLB, nothing after and maybe nothing like it ever, that is why Fernando deserves a place on tha hall of fame.
@USCTrojansOwn, not only did Fernando's arm get blown out, but if I'm not mistaken, there were more Dodgers pitchers that blew their arm out then any other MLB team. Heck,didn't Tommy John play for the Dodgers when he had the surgery that eventually would be named after him?
Fernando Valenzuela lleno siempre los estadios donde el lanzaba Fernando un baluarte del beisbol humide sencillo nunca se le movio el piso no se embriago de fama deberia estar en el salon de la fama no por las estadisticas si no por lo que el significo fue y sigue siendo un sinbolo su nombre escrito con letras de oro dios te bendiga Fernando orgullo de todos los mexicanos
Why nothing showing him pitching??
I didn't know the history of Chavez Ravine. What a shame.
Danny Trejo makes Fernando look cute.
I think they using this Fernando fella just to get people interested in the sport. Because this only been out a month and right before that, MLB the show (video game) releases a number retirement roster with this guy being the main attraction. As long as whoever this guy’s relatives are, get a piece of the kick back for using this man name all of a sudden
⚾️💙⚾️💙⚾️💙
No, Jaime Jarrin, he wasnt God. That comment is cringe. We ❤ Fernando & the Dodgers, and that was the best time of our lives growing up watching baseball then.
El Toro
ummmm close captions please.
I see them by clicking the icon...
30:30 The guy says he has dark skin like Ortega, when he doesn't. Does he think we're blind?
In Spanish we say guordito 😂😂literally call them gourds
Remind me the story of my dad always acted online a cousin who became a cop and wanted to kick my ass it was because of my dad's fault because he would play a little league baseball and his dad and mine were real close and he invited him to watch him play because he was going to be the next Valenzuela on my dad made fun of them so much that he quit but he also scanned me out of $5,000 on a real estate deal in trying to put drugs in My car if I said anything
He played in San Antonio first
👈Fernandomania Jersey!! Link in bio💥
1:30:28 that couldn’t sound more rude
Oh god, this guy's pronunciation of Spanish names is already driving me crazy, even though I'm only a minute in. We get it, you can speak Spanish. But this documentary is in English, why not pronounce the names as they're pronounced in English? I noticed he didn't give the big accent to "Los Angeles", why not?
Duck 🦆 the dodgers
Why is it so important for people to be not White?
This guy could have been a hall of famer but Damm tommy Lasorda burn his arm out smh!!!!!!!