"He wants Texas back."
-Tommy Lasorda , Dodger manager, when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming contract negotiations, 1981

"Corridos are used by Mexicans to immortalize their heroes, but also to satirize their tragedies," UCLA's Loza said.

Like the history of Mexico, corridos transcend the U.S.-Mexican border, documenting the strikes of low-paid drywall workers in Anaheim and singing the praises of Cesar Chavez, the late union leader of California farm workers.

There are many corridos about baseball hero Fernando Valenzuela."

--ANNE-MARIE O'CONNOR,
Los Angeles Times,
January 3, 1997
     

[corridos are Mexican folk songs--fungo]