BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : Hershiser Shoulder Shows No Ill Effect

By BILL PLASCHKE

May 15, 1991 12 AM PT

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Orel Hershiser said his right shoulder felt “great” Tuesday, one day after throwing 68 pitches at Albuquerque in his second rehabilitation start.

Although he would not confirm it, Hershiser might be only two rehabilitation starts from joining the Dodgers during the series with Houston May 27-29.

“I could need three or four minor league starts, I don’t know,” Hershiser said. “I know that I can’t go to the major leagues with 68 pitches. When I reach 87, 88 or 92, then I will be ready.”

His next start will be announced today.

A source close to Fernando Valenzuela said he has entered into contract talks with the Angels, the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants and could sign a contract soon.

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Bill Plaschke

Bill Plaschke, an L.A. Times sports columnist since 1996, is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame and California Sports Hall of Fame. He has been named national Sports Columnist of the Year nine times by the Associated Press, and twice by the Society of Professional Journalists and National Headliner Awards. He is the author of six books, including a collection of his columns entitled “Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls and Oddballs.” Plaschke is also a panelist on the popular ESPN daily talk show, “Around the Horn.” He is in the national Big Brothers/Big Sisters Alumni Hall of Fame and has been named Man of the Year by the Los Angeles Big Brothers/Big Sisters as well as receiving a Pursuit of Justice Award from the California Women’s Law Center. Plaschke has appeared in a movie (“Ali”), a dramatic HBO series (“Luck”) and, in a crowning cultural moment he still does not quite understand, his name can be found in a rap song “Females Welcome” by Asher Roth.