{
  "id": 778640,
  "title": "Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on the Devotion to Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith That Led Him to Hollywood Walk of Fame",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/dodger-great-orel-hershiser-on-the-devotion-to-broadcasting-baseball",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/orel-hershiser-hollywood-walk-of-fame-baseball-broadcast-1236833444/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As a baseball player coming up in the late 1970s, Orel Hershiser was never seen as a red-hot prospect.No scouts made the trek to Bowling Green State University in Ohio to check out his arm. As Hershiser describes his entrée into Major League Baseball, “I was a 17th-round draft pick that signed for a new […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}