Before the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered the heartbreak of a second consecutive season ending with a loss in the World Series, there was excitement and hope when Orel Hershiser and Mickey Hatcher took the field before Game 5 at Dodger Stadium.
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One night after Kirk Gibson and former Oakland Athletics closer Dennis Eckersley shared the honor, Hershiser and Hatcher were tasked with throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.
The two were teammates with Gibson on the 1988 World Series team.