Former Los Angeles Dodgers player, coach and broadcaster Manny Mota is recovering after struggling with strokes Monday night, the team announced Tuesday.
“Dodger legend Manny Moor suffered a stroke. He is recovering, command sensitive and comfortable resting,” the Dodgers posted to X at 8:13am.
Mota, who played for the Dodgers from 1969 to 1980, became a favorite of his pinch-hit arm in clutch situations before returning to one at-bat in 1982.
Spanish broadcaster Jaime Jarlin told the Los Angeles Times that former manager Walter Alston once said, “Manny Mota can sleep, get out of bed, hit, get hit.”
Los Angeles Dodgers Manny Mota poses for this photo at Candlestick Park in San Francisco before the start of his game against the San Francisco Giants around 1976. (Focusing on the image of sports/Getty)
Born in the Dominican Republic, Manuel Rafael Motor Geronimo played major league baseball for 20 years, finishing his career with over 3,700 plate appearances and an impressive lifelong batting average of .304.
He was selected as an All-Star in 1973 and appeared with the Dodgers in the 1974, 1977 and 1978 World Series.
The 87-year-old coached the Dodgers from 1980 to 2013, took part in the team’s World Series victory in 1981 and 1988, spending several years in the booth as a color commentator for the Spanish broadcast team.
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