The death of the legendary Fernando Valenzuela impacted young and old, since the former baseball player of the Dodgers was considered the best in Mexican baseball.
Baseball, known as ‘The King of Sports’, has been one of the most important sports in the country. Even the former president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorencouraged activity around this discipline and even played with his own ‘Bull’ Valenzuelawho was champion of two titles World Series.
The day AMLO and ‘Toro’ Valenzuela played together
He former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador He had a unique moment when he played a game with multiple former baseball players, including himself. ‘Bull’ Valenzuela.
On February 10, 2023, the president participated in a friendly match against the Institute team Mexican Social Security (IMSS), where they tied 11 races at the Deportivo de la Alianza de Tranviarios, in Mexico City.
López Obrador shared that at the beginning they scored up to six runs, but at the end they managed to tie the score.
He highlighted that he was accompanied by great figures such as Benjamín Gil, Matías Carrillo, Vinny Castilla, José Luis “El Borrego” Sandoval, Daniel Fernández, Teodoro Higuera, Chito Ríos and ‘Toro’ Valenzuela.
Incredible! On Wednesday we tied again 11 to 11 with the IMSS! We were four up and opening the seventh, they gave us six races, but in the closing we fixed them and now they were reinforced with pure horse and kids like Benjamín Gil, Matías Carrillo, 1/3 pic.twitter.com/7dHecKvMRA
— Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) February 11, 2023
Mexican sports legends match
In August 2022, former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador had his first friendly confrontation with the former Dodger playerFernando Valenzuela. Even his wife, Beatriz Gutiérrez Müllershared some photographs of the event on his Facebook profile.
“My boyfriend is making me a baseball fan, and I’m understanding more why they call him ‘The King of Sports.’ “It has been a pleasure to meet these extraordinary Mexican players who continue to enjoy the field, as in their best times in the Major Leagues: Vinny Castilla, Jesús ‘Chito’ Ríos, Fernando Valenzuela and Teodoro Higuera,” wrote the then first lady of Mexico.
First greeting from ‘Toro’ Valenzuela and AMLO in 2018
One of the first meetings between former President López Obrador and Fernando Valenzuela It happened during his gratitude tour through Sinaloa, in September 2018.
Since then, López Obrador showed his admiration for the Mexican pitcher. “It is a source of pride for our country,” the president mentioned with a smile.
“I am very happy to be here with Fernando Valenzuela… I take this opportunity to thank the owner of the Dodgers for the invitation that I received to throw the first pitch, but I cannot leave the country. I’m hitting very well, I’m swinging, I’m even hitting the corkscrew,” he joked.
