Word: valenzuelas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talked about Dodger rookie Fernando Valenzuela ("He ain't no mistake, he knows how to pitch") and other fine pitchers, and when the Texas starting nine was flashed on the scoreboard, he said, "Look at that lineup." And it was a good lineup...
Indeed, the Dodgers may have the best young pitcher in baseball in Fernando Valenzuela, 20. He had already mastered the arcane art of throwing a screwball when the Dodgers called him up from the Mexican League to prop up a bullpen crumbling under injuries. Valenzuela pitched ten times, often with the game on the line, and did not give up a single earned run in 17.2 innings. Now a starter, he shut out the Astros on opening day last week, allowing them only five hits...