ONTARIO, CA — Alysha Del Valle and the Bleed Los Podcast crew made a trip out to ONT Field this week, and they brought back something that feels like pure Dodgers heart. The new ballpark is home to the Ontario Tower Buzzers, the Dodgers’ new Single-A affiliate, and one of the first things you’ll notice when you pull up is a huge new mural in progress. The artist is Jonas Never, and the subject is Fernando Valenzuela. It’s the kind of project that connects the past to the future in one wall-sized story.
Jonas said the idea came from a simple question: if Ontario is building something new with the Dodgers, who represents the history you want to honor right away? “This team’s new, so there’s no real history with the Dodgers in the city of Ontario,” he said. “So when you think back to the Dodgers history, who better than Fernando?” He talked about tying it directly to the minor-league path too. “One of the paintings up on the wall, he’s got the San Antonio Dodgers hat,” Jonas said. “We want to tie into the minor league, showing that anyone that’s playing out here could theoretically become the next Fernando.”…