Orel Hershiser — Wikipedia

Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born the September 16, 1958 In Buffalo, New York, United States) is a former right-hander of the major baseball leagues that played from 1983 to 2000, especially for Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians.

He is especially recognized for his performances during the 1988 season, during which he won 23 victories, established the record of 59 consecutive rounds without granting point, won the Cy Young trophy given to the best launcher in the National League and was appointed Player par excellence of the championship series and the world series, won by the Dodgers.

Debut [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Falcons player of the state University of Bowling Green, Orel Hershiser is drafted by the dodgers of Los Angeles at 17 ^{It is} selection tower in 1979 ^{[ first ]} . He benefits at this moment from very little consideration of the de scotters of the Dodgers: the report of recruiters indicates that he “no control” on his throws, that his “quick ball lacks velocity for a man of this size “, that he ignores how” launch a curved ball properly “, and that he” easily loses his cool ^{[ 2 ]} ». Its beginnings in minor leagues, where it is almost exclusively succession launcher ^{[ 3 ]} , are punctuated with ups and downs. In 1981 ^{[ 3 ]} , he leads the Texas League for rescues and has a spectacular average deserved points of 0.51 when he grants 20 points in 7 sleeves during a trip abroad of San Antonio Dodgers, which swells his Average at 4.72 ^{[ 4 ]} . The intervention of the team’s instructors prevents the discouraged young man from abandoning baseball ^{[ 4 ]} .

In 1982, Hershiser graded at Triple-A level, the highest level of minor leagues. His performances as lift are good enough for the Rangers of Texas to be interested in him and offer Jim Sundberg in exchange for his services; The Dodgers agree but the receiver of the Rangers requires a renegotiation of the terms of his contract, which makes the transaction abort ^{[ 4 ]} .

Los Angeles Dodgers [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

After his second season in Triple-A with albuquerque dukes, Hershiser is for the first time called at the highest level and made his debut in major baseball with the dodgers of Los Angeles Le first ^is September 1983 as a succession launcher against the Montreal Exhibitions.

The manager of the Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda, is initially dissatisfied with the young man’s attitude, whom he finds too timid. During a difficult outing of Hershiser, Lasorda goes to the mound and seals her launcher in such a way that the players of the Dodgers will nickname the event “the sermon on the mound”, in reference to the sermon on the mountain, a game of Words with mount (“Mountain” in English) and mound (“Mound”) ^{[ 5 ]} . Hershiser inherits the nickname Bulldog de Lasorda, who according to legend yells at him this word of the shelter of players in the hope of compensating for the frail appearance of the young player ^{[ 6 ]} , which is only 86 kg (190 pounds for 1.90 m (6 feet and 3 inches). The nickname stuck to the launcher, renowned in the following years for its tenacity in its efforts to remove the opposing strikers ^{[ 5 ]} .

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