On August 13, 2026, Orel Hershiser received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star placed at 6755 Hollywood Boulevard, the numbers honoring his record scoreless-innings streak and his jersey number 55. A late bloomer who hitchhiked away from Bowling Green State University to quit baseball, he was rebuilt by manual labor at his father’s paper company and a fiery renaming from manager Tommy Lasorda.

Lasorda’s Sermon on the Mound gave the timid pitcher the Bulldog persona and permission to dominate. Hershiser weaponized pitch tunneling and the batter’s reaction time, then survived a career-threatening shoulder reconstruction to build a remarkable second act.

• Threw a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings in 1988
• Won the Cy Young, NLCS MVP, and World Series MVP in the same 1988 season
• Underwent unprecedented shoulder reconstruction with Dr. Frank Jobe
• Won the 1995 ALCS MVP with Cleveland, becoming the first to win the award in both leagues
• Reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship