Word: valenzuelas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Which of these active pitchers has struck out the most batters--Oakland's Dennis Eckersley, New York's Tommy John, Detroit's Jack Morris, Chicago's Rick Sutcliffe or Los Angeles' Fernando Valenzuela...
...Angeles: Kirk Gibson (.277, 24 HR, 79 RBI), Alfredo Griffin (.263, 60 RBI), Jesse Orosco (3-9), Mike Davis (22 HR) and Jay Howell (3-4) all decided that southern California is a nice place to play ball. But where will all these guys play? Fernando Valenzuela (14-14) leads the staff, but the boys in Blue can't field. Case in point: Steve ("Stone Hands") Sax, who leads a Dodger bumbling crew that led the majors in errors (155). Best player: Pedro Guerrero...
...Valenzuela family struggles in the fruit fields, in rides Ritchie's brother Bob (Esai Morales) on his motorcycle fresh from a stint in jail. Bob seems determined to prove that he is an early-day version of Prince in Purple Rain. He is the bad son. Ritchie, of course, is the golden...
Faced with the chance to sign a record contract that would cut his friends in his band loose, Ritchie signs on for the sake of his family. But within days, the former Ricardo Valenzuela has cut his family name loose...
...references to planes and crashes are so constant as to be unintentionally amusing. From the film's beginning, Ritchie has nightmares in which he witnesses a mid-air collision between two planes. He takes as his first stage name "Richie Valenzuela and his Flying Guitar...