Tue. Jarrín has called three perfect games (Sandy Koufax in 1965, Tom Browning in 1988 and Dennis Martinez in 1991) and 21 no-hitters, 28 World Series, 30 All-Star games and 33 postseason series during his decorated career. All Rights Reserved. Valenzuela, the youngest of five children, was born in Etchohuaquila, is a Mexico former small town within the municipality of Navojoa, in the state of Sonora, Mexico. Hairston was originally selected by Baltimore in the 11th round of the 1997 First-Year Player Draft after earning two-time All-State honors for Naperville North High School in Illinois and hitting .360 over two seasons at Southern Illinois University (1996, '97). During the football off-seasons, Davis assumed play-by-play duties for the school's athletic department, announcing baseball and men's and women's basketball games on local radio and television and served as the voice of Buccaneer spring sports for his final three years on campus before graduating in 2010. Valenzuela won his first eight starts that season, including five shutouts and a rookie-record string of 35.0 consecutive scoreless innings, with his improbable success, sparking "Fernandomania," as fans flocked to see him pitch - both home and road - and baffle hitters with his signature, screwball. his 26th season as a Dodger broadcaster and 34th season overall with the organization, Monday, who joined the Dodgers' broadcast team in 1993, began his broadcasting, career as a sports anchor on KTTV in Los Angeles in 1985, while also calling play-by-play, and hosting the pregame show for Dodger games on DodgerVision and Z Channel. Both Garciaparra and Hamm are among the investors in Major League Soccer's Los Angeles FC, which will celebrate its inaugural season this year. In 2009, he won a World Series ring as a member of the 2009 Yankees and was a .362 career hitter in 17 postseason games. Punctuating this dominance on the mound, Valenzuela had an extremely unusual but flamboyant wind-up (looking skyward just at the apex of every pitch), which drew attention of its own. The back-to-back appearances in 2008-09 marked the first time the Dodgers had reached the NLCS in consecutive years since 1977-78. Early in his career, Valenzuela and his family spent offseasons between the Mexican cities of Etchohuaquila and Mérida. Pitching for the Leones de Yucatán (Yucatan Lions) that year, Valenzuela went 10-12 with a 2.49 ERA and 141 strikeouts. Valenzuela was a late-season call-up in 1980, but his legend grew as the Dodgers' emergency starter on Opening Day, 1981, when he hurled a 2-0 shutout over the Houston Astros. During past. Que en paz descanse. During the football off-seasons, Davis assumed play-by-play duties for, the school's athletic department, announcing baseball and men's and women's basketball games on local radio and, television and served as the voice of Buccaneer spring sports for his final three years on campus before graduating, Prior to his senior year of college, Davis secured a summer job with the Schaumburg Flyers baseball team of the, independent Northern League, serving as the team's play-by-play voice and media relations director. Jarrín also worked on international news broadcasts including the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, Pope John, Paul II's visit to the U.S. and several meetings between foreign leaders and Presidents Richard Nixon and Lyndon, B. Johnson. By 1988, when he won just five games and missed much of the season (a year in which the Dodgers won the World Series), it was obvious he had a dead arm. The couple married in 2003, and have twin girls, Grace and Ava, and a son, Garrett. He had one last great moment on June 29, 1990, when he threw a 6-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals just hours after the Oakland Athletics' Dave Stewart had thrown one against the Toronto Blue Jays. He was named the Rangers' pitching coach in. Jorge and his wife Maggie, who met at Dodger Stadium, reside in San Gabriel and have three sons: Andrew, Phillip, and Stefan, who was drafted and signed by the Dodgers in 2011, Former Dodger outfielder and two-time Major League All-Star, Rick Monday begins. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. [11] It was a habit which he claims to have developed spontaneously, although not until joining the Dodgers. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. I remember warmly our younger days in HS and cruising after school in old Calexico. That year, Hershiser led the National League in wins (23), innings (267), shutouts, (8) and complete games (15) en route to a Cy Young Award, and set the all-time mark with a record 59 consecutive, scoreless innings (Aug. 30-Sept. 28).