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Los Angeles Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela died Tuesday at the age of 63. And longtime sports talk host Dan Patrick believes telling his story is part of the job.
Valenzuela last played in the big leagues in 1997, meaning many of today’s sports talk radio listeners never got to see the phenom play, especially in his prime. And during The Dan Patrick Show on Wednesday, while the host was memorializing the baseball legend, he shared that he views it as a necessity to tell the stories of players like the recently departed pitcher.
“Part of my job, I feel like, is to let you know about somebody that maybe you read about. You didn’t get to see, but I got to see them, maybe got to interview them, to let you know what impact they had on me, or that I was there to speak to them. I never met Fernando, but I do know what that feeling was like when you’re watching him.”
Dan Patrick added that he hopes the memory of a player like Fernando Valenzuela, who he viewed as someone who contributed plenty to the game and created a large impact for future Latino players, is told in the lead-up to the World Series.
“I hope … we get that opportunity to be able to share that with people,” Patrick said.
