Legendary Mexican pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who won Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award honors and a World Series in 1981 while with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died, the team announced. He was 63.

Historic free agents, homegrown talent and a wild offseason spending spree helped LA got back to their second World Series in five years.

For the first time since 1981, the New York Yankees will be playing their longtime rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the World Series; the Dodgers punched their ticket to the Fall Classic on Sunday with a dominant 10-5 victory over the New York Mets to win the NLCS in six games.