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By Peter Chawaga
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are odds-on favorites to capture the franchise's ninth World Series championship after yet another blockbuster offseason.
This Dodgers team might be the greatest one ever assembled on paper, with superstars like Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts leading the way. But there are plenty of historic icons who made their own marks as well.
On Sunday, the team issued a positive health update on one of those icons as it reported some good news concerning Manny Mota.
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"We are happy to share that Dodger legend Manny Mota is home and doing well in his recovery from his recent hospitalization," the team posted on X.
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The 87-year-old Mota suffered a stroke in April, raising concerns about how he might recover.
Mota is probably best known in Dodgers history for establishing himself as a clutch pinch hitter during the team's World Series runs throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He held the all-time record for pinch hits.
"A pinch-hitting specialist, Manny Mota appeared in games over 20 MLB seasons, including the final 13 with the Dodgers," according to Chuck Schilken of the Los Angeles Times. "Mota, an outfielder from the Dominican Republic, was an All-Star in 1973 and retired in 1982 with a career batting average of .304 and then-record 150 pinch-hits."
He retired from playing after the 1982 season, but held a variety of roles with the Dodgers afterward. He was a member of the coaching staff from 1980 to 2013, marking the longest tenure in franchise history. And he worked with the Spanish-language broadcast from 2013 to 2020.
Members of Dodgers nation are surely encouraged to hear this latest positive update on his health.
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