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Mike Harmon: “Fernando Valenzuela’s name, and image, and highlights have been everywhere the last several days, because the last time we had this World Series was 1981, and that was Fernandomania. He burst onto the scene with that rookie season, just the flash and everybody coming to Los Angeles...we’ve seen murals all over the city...he was your childhood, some of the earliest memories were watching him.”
Jason Smith: “To put Fernando’s impact into perspective, as it was 40 years ago when he was the biggest story in baseball, if you remember Strasburgmania when Stephen Strasburg first came up and how much we attention we paid to watching him pitch, Paul Skenes this year...none of that was close to Fernandomania...”
Jason Smith and Mike Harmon give their thoughts on legendary Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela after the team announced his passing at the age of 63.