A gritty and unyielding competitor...he was unique, and although not first, he was the Jackie equivalent for Mexicans. A gentleman, too. Urias would have served himself much better by emulating FV, rather than whatever stupid, macho path he chose instead. I doubt if we'll ever see anyone like Fernando again. Or the screwball.
still boggles the mind @CodifyBaseball Fernando Valenzuela's first 7 big league starts: 9 innings, 0 runs 9 innings, 1 run 9 innings, 0 runs 9 innings, 0 runs 9 innings, 0 runs 9 innings, 1 run 9 innings, 0 runs Fernandomania was a real thing.
especially in his first 7 starts coming basically from out of nowhere must be a reason no one else that i know of of seems to master the screwball
