Artwork by Pier Consagra

"'In a way, I am the extension of Koufax...on the mound.'"

Text by Steve Wulf
Issue Date: December 10, 1988

Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers ended the 1988 regular season by stringing together 59 consecutive scoreless innings, breaking the 20-year-old major league record set by Don Drysdale. Hershiser's three postseason wins and one save were key factors in the Dodgers' World Series upset of the Oakland A's.

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