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It’s no Field of Dreams, this bumpy patch of sun-baked earth with faded chalk lines, no bleachers, not a blade of grass and a drooping line of wire separating the outfield from houses where scraggly ...

Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ iconic left-hander and longtime Spanish radio broadcaster, will step away from the booth for the remainder of the season “to focus on his health,” the ...

Jorge Jarrín was engrossed in an important task Wednesday: scheduling interviews for his father, Jaime. The elder Jarrín, who was honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame for his broadcasting career with ...

Fernando Valenzuela, who took the baseball world by storm in 1981, has died at the age of 63. Valenzuela, who started his career as a rookie with the Los Angeles Dodgers, was battling health ...

He remains the only pitcher in MLB history to win the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season. By The Associated Press Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los ...

Dusty Baker remembered the games. Not the ones that Fernando Valenzuela would bend to his will like his signature screwball, but the moments in between. The precocious left-hander’s skills went beyond ...

Los Angeles Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela has died, the Dodgers announced Tuesday. He was 63 years old. Few words inspire such memories of joy as "Fernandomania," the days of summer when ...

Almost 50,000 fans filled Anaheim Stadium. Reporters and photographers prowled the field, positioning themselves for the grand entrance of the night’s returning hero. In 60 years of Angels baseball, ...

It took footwork, guile and a sturdy chin but Jose Valenzuela was able to achieve his boxing dreams of becoming a world champion on Saturday despite entering as a solid underdog against Isaac "Pitbull ...