Friday, January 09, 2015

Fernandomania! My 1st Auto Of El Toro

Just like my buddy, DodgerPenguin , I have been perusing eBay for awhile and came across something that I had to have. Fernando Valenzuela was one of the greatest lefties in Dodger history and one of my personal favorites as a kid. My father and I enjoyed watching that, now iconic, windup as he looked towards the sky before hurling a devastating screwball. He was Mexican, chubby and came from nothing and we loved him for it.

2014 Topps Five Star Fernando Valenzuela 184/199




El Toro will be added to my growing collection of Dodgers pitchers and also what I call my, 'oddball pitchers' collection. I love pitchers that have something unique about them and Mr. Valenzuela was definitely that.

If you haven't watched ESPN's 30 For 30 on Fernando Nation , you should.

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2 comments:

DodgerPenguin said...

congrats.
i just picked up the same one for my collection as well.

Alex Markle said...

Sweet pickup.