An Appreciation: Fernando Valenzuela and Fernandomania Fernando Valenzuela, who died on Tuesday at age 63, was a teenage phenomenon from Mexico who remade the Dodgers’ fan base and put his country on the baseball map.

Ohtani before Ohtani? Inside the Dodgers’ Fernandomania As Fernando Valenzuela has his jersey retired by the Dodgers, a look back at the last time an MLB player captured a nation’s imagination.