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Flashback: Orel Hershiser's 1988 season: Dodger right-hander entered the record books by hurling 59 consecutive scoreless innings.
PITCHERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY rarely pitch complete games, let alone shutouts.
Even the strongest starters are expected to work only six or seven innings, then let their fortunes sink or swim with their bullpens.
That is why Greg Maddux turned so many heads a few years ago by working 39 and two-thirds consecutive scoreless innings--the longest streak of his career punctuated by four Cy Young Award seasons.
Yet, Maddux didn't even come close to Orel Hershiser's record of 59 straight blank frames.
Like Maddux, Hershiser was a right-handed sinkerball artist who not only painted the corners with precision, but thrived in the heat of a ...
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