Fernando Mania Parte Dos.(Final)

Byline: Randy Harrison Journal Staff Writer

* Valenzuela Jr. is hoping to play for pay like his famous father

UNLV's junior first baseman is a walking, talking, touring reminder of the wonder of genetics.

Fernando Valenzuela, 5 feet, 11 inches and 210 pounds, looks like his famous dad, down to his famously stocky build. He also bats and throws lefty.

And most of all, he seems to have a future in baseball.

But Fernando Valenzuela Sr., the former Los Angeles Dodgers pitching great, sees differences other than position.

"He enjoys the game more," says Valenzuela Sr., the six-time all-star whose meteoric rise as a rookie out of Mexico helped his team to the 1981 World Series title and inspired "Fernando Mania. …