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Dodgers opening day first pitch: Valenzuela, Orel Hershiser, Eric Gagné - True Blue LA
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2022 MLB All-Star Game: Fernando Valenzuela throws out first pitch
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List of Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers - Wikipedia
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List of Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers - Wikipedia
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TBT: Valenzuela's Opening Day shutout and start of “Fernandomania
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TBT: Valenzuela's Opening Day shutout and start of “Fernandomania
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Fernando Valenzuela to throw ceremonial opening pitch at Dodgers
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The Dodgers have more to do after retiring Fernando Valenzuela's
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Opening Day 2015 first pitch: The return of Eric Gagne
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LAD All-Stars 1980 – 1989, the Fernando Valenzuela and Orel
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Dodgers Video: Orel Hershiser, Joe Davis, Fernando Valenzuela
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Does former Dodgers pitching great Orel Hershiser belong in
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Full Fernando Valenzuela Legends of Dodger Baseball ceremony at
Remembering Fernandomania 40 years later
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TBT: Valenzuela's Opening Day shutout and start of “Fernandomania