L.A. Dodgers Coach, Dave Roberts Honors Orel Hershiser With A Speech At His Walk Of Fame Ceremony

First off, I want to thank Oral, Dana, the Hollywood Walk of Fame committee. You guys got it right. This man, it's hard to kind of follow up the previous speakers but everyone nailed their thoughts on Oral and you know it's a man of character and Oral, you passed the test of time my friend. And you know I was thinking about this about a week ago when I got asked for this great honor to speak on behalf of Oral Hershiser for the Walk of Fame and you think about this undersized pitcher, scrawny, didn't throw hard, didn't have the Hollywood jawline, might have the Hollywood hair but I see a synergy, a parallel and to people that come from all walks of life, all parts of the world and country, no one knows who they are and they come to Los Angeles to bet on themselves and here you are as a guy who was always the underdog, always the underdog and then you fast forward to getting drafted late by the Dodgers, making his way through the minors and his manager, the late great Tommy Lasorda, sees somebody, sees something in this person, not player, this person that he can tap into and what did he do? He went from being an underdog to becoming the Bulldog. And the thing that people don't realize is yes, today he is now the newest member of the Hollywood Walk of Fame but this didn't happen overnight. This came about by people believing in him, which happens when people come to Hollywood, by most importantly him believing in himself and betting on himself consistently and as a byproduct, there's not a person here that has any interaction with Oral that can't say that he was a great teammate and he made them better and so Oral, with that I tip my cap to you and as I do this job which is the greatest job in the world, to be the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, quick story, we've had some tough losses as you guys all know, but the interesting thing and I'll give you a peek behind the curtain, when we have these tough losses, my phone is dead silent. When we have these big wins, my phone is blowing up, right? But when we have these tough losses, my phone is dead silent, like I've got no friends, I've got a wife and two kids, that's about it. And I've also got Oral Hershizer, so when things are going well, when the winds at our backs, I don't hear from Oral, but when the wind is in my face and the organization's face, the one of few people that texts me outside of family is Oral Hershizer and he says, Doc, it's gonna be okay. So give it up for Oral right there. And on the passing the test of time, kind of in that vein, Oral now, he played an incredible major league career as a ballplayer, obviously we've talked about his pinnacle moment in the World Series in 1988, but he has parlayed that and how he treated the media, the fans, the Dodgers organization into arguably a better career as a broadcaster and it's going to be a longer career. And Oral, you guys have all allowed Oral into your homes every night alongside Joe to tell a story and to tell the story of each player, the Dodgers, and for him to have the love, the support speak to his character and again the longevity on how he does things. And the last thing I say as I'll close is you don't get to greatness by being selfish. You get to being great and being honored by people and bigger things when you don't make it about yourself. And one thing we try to preach in our clubhouse is it's not about you, it's about your teammates and it's about the Dodgers. And Oral, you nailed it man. You've always made life about other people and you deserve all your flowers and congratulations.