Fernando Valenzuela may have made one of his very last public appearances at a sports memorabilia store in Van Nuys two months before his death.
The late Fernando Valenzuela may have made one of his very last public appearances at a sports memorabilia store in Van Nuys, leaving fans and store managers with lifelong memories of his star power and humble nature.
“We’d been trying to get him for five years,” said owner Mike Sablow. “He didn’t do a lot of public signings.”Looking somewhat thinner than Sablow remembered and appeared tired, Valenzuela patiently signed jerseys, official 1981 World Series baseballs and photographs – even posing for pictures with members of Sablow’s family and his staff.
Flores said that, in all of his dealings with the Cy Young winner, he would rarely discuss his own career and accomplishments, or even the Dodgers themselves.“He would always say, ‘Hay mucha linea?” – meaning, “Was there a long line?’” said Flores.
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