They leave flowers, Dodger caps and jerseys, candles, photos and more at venue’s front gate.
, who died Tuesday night, Oct. 22, flocked to Dodger Stadium to honor the Mexican pitcher who remains popular more than 40 years after he first took the mound.
“I was 15 at the time, and I would go to Mexico because my parents and my grandparents are from there, and you could see people glued to their transistor radio if they didn’t have a TV.”“Him — and obviously right now, Shohei Ohtani — bring in a whole other huge fan base. We’ve been very lucky here in L.A. to really have next-level people as players.”
As more fans trickled throughout the day to take selfies and pay their respects, even a mariachi band — the Mariachi Garibaldi de Jamie Cuellar, wearing an appropriate Navy blue — visited the growing memorial.Fernando Valenzuela leaves Dodgers’ broadcasts for health reasonsLos Angeles resident Jacqueline Perez dropped off a small flower arrangement adorned with baseballs and a picture of her husband, Jesus Alvarez, with Valenzuela.
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