A thread about @OrelHershiser, who saved my journalism career. He was part of tonight’s poignant first-pitch ceremony for Fernando Valenzuela. … I had a hard time with baseball clubhouses early in my sportswriting journey. It was a difficult place for women in the early yrs … I used to walk in the Dodgers clubhouse with my head down, afraid to make eye contact. Some of my female peers had encountered trouble with MLB players. I would never wear perfume or dress overly feminine because I didn’t want to be noticed …