Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell and let's get right to No. 9 in our countdown.
The 25 greatest Dodgers, No. 9: Fernando Valenzuela (11 first-place votes, 13,162 points)
Fernandomania. If you lived in Los Angeles in 1981, you know what that means. It was the year that a portly left-hander whom few people had heard of got the opening day start for the Dodgers because of injuries to Jerry Reuss and Burt Hooton. That left-hander, Fernando Valenzuela, shut out the Houston Astros on five hits.