It’s easy to imagine legendary pitching ace Fernando Valenzuela watching over his beloved Dodgers on what would have been his 64th birthday, and throwing in some left-handed divine intervention in the team’s hard-fought, back-to-back title win on Nov. 1 .

It sure felt like it for the fans and friends that packed Valenzuela’s favorite booth at Max’s Mexican restaurant in Monrovia on Saturday.

“He loved and admired his Dodgers. He would always root and travel with them as part of his continued career with the organization. He would say, ‘Que les vaya bien,’ all will be well,” said friend Ulises Gutierrez.

In the year since “El Toro’s” death on Oct. 22, 2024, the restaurant has become a destination for Dodgers fans from across the San Gabriel Valley, according to Gutierrez, operation

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