On Tuesday, October 22, at night, the sad death of Fernando Valenzuela was announced at the age of 63; This after being hospitalized for several weeks in a hospital in Los Angeles, California, for kidney problems.
The former Dodgers player was born in Etchohuaquila, Sonora, in 1960 and was the youngest in a large family. This town is located about 15 kilometers south of Navojoa, one of the most important cities in the state.
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The baseball player also known as ‘El Toro’ was the youngest of his 12 siblings and his parents were: Avelino Valenzuela and Hermenegilda Anguamea. His passion since he was a child was the sport of small ball in a region where hundreds of people dedicated themselves to the field.
Little information is known about the baseball player’s parents, but it is known that they always had a relationship with his family.
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Toro’s career grew by leaps and bounds and in 1981 his destiny changed dramatically, since at that time he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team where he became a legend.
It was in that same year that Valenzuela met Linda Burgos, a school teacher originally from Yucatán. The couple met when he was playing for the Leones de Yucatán in the Mexican Baseball League.
Their relationship quickly blossomed and as time went by they married and as a result of that love four children came into the world, however, only one followed in his father’s footsteps.
Fernando Júnior, María Fernanda, Ricardo and Linda is the name of their descendants, however, of all of them only the first followed in the footsteps of ‘Toro’, playing in several teams in the minor leagues of the United States and the Mexican League.
However, Fernando Valenzuela Jr. did not reach his father’s level of success in the Major Leagues, but his time in professional baseball in both the United States and Mexico allowed him to continue his family’s legacy.