It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon here in Los Angeles, and I always remember coming
to Dodgers Stadium and would be extra excited on a Sunday afternoon day game when
Oral Hersheizer the Bulldog would be scheduled to pitch that day, and usually the
Dodgers would win, and Oral Herscheizer joins us. Now winning every day on
Sports at LA. Thanks a lot for the time, Bulldog, appreciate it.
I appreciate you, Dave every day. Let's see if we play one
hundred and sixty two plus spring training plus the postseason. I'm doing ninety regular
season games. Eric Carross does a few, just Co Mendoza does a few.
Joe goes away from US every once a while to do his national stuff.
And today I'm working with Stevens, so this is going to be a
good day. Hey. Speaking of Eric Harros, he was mentioning your name
on this last road trip where there was a rain delay, there was a
doubleheader and a plane flight delay. He was saying, the veteran head of
Oral Hersheizer knows what trips to take off. So even the younger Kiros is
still appreciating the veteran leadership did you mention the B game that he went through.
Did you mention some of the other delays? You know what, e
K. I broke him in a little bit. I remember calling him over
to the mound on my thirty second start because I had come back from shoulder
surgery, so there were incentives in my contract and from the last from thirty
two to wherever I ended up with a number of starts, I was getting
a quarter of a million dollars per start. So I warmed up for that
thirty second start and he was at first base, and right before the first
pitch, after I warmed up, I called him in and I said,
hey, come here, pick up the rosenbag and pretend like you got something
really good going on over here, and we're talking about something. But I
just want you to know when I throw this first pitch, I'm going to
make more money with that pitch than you do all year. Now get back
to first base, kid, and I get back to first base. But
that's the kind of relationship we have, So I understand why he's saying that
veteran guy got me again. All these years later. It feels like he
still has that same reverence for you. Well, you know, Tommy was
very good. Dave Roberts is amazing at creating a culture where the veterans.
Actually there is a little hazing back in our day. But the hazing was
all in fun. It was not to hurt anybody. It didn't hurt anybody.
Of course, you're not going to hurt somebody who's playing in the big
leagues. But it was there for respect, it was there for fun.
It was there to make them feel like wanted and a lot of times,
even in my businesses today, you know, I'm part owner of about seven
companies. I tell people, if I don't kid you, that means I
don't like you. So if I'm kidding you, don't worry. That's a
form of baseball love. Speaking of one of Oral Herscheiser's businesses in Claremont,
California, Foothill Boulevard, You've opened up a memorabilia shop. Tell us about
it, and it seems like it's more than just coming to buy an autograph
photo. Yeah, it really is a very eclectic place. It's twenty five
hundred square feet, six different rooms that we have, and some of the
rooms they are dedicated to specific things, like we have a Dodger room,
and of course it's painted Dodger blue. And we have a Laker room.
Of course it's in Lakers colors. We have a football helmet room, of
course that is mostly NFL and college football helmets that are autographed. And we
have a main room, and we have a miscellaneous room, and we have
a wall that's dedicated to celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Britney Spears and others.
So yeah, it's a museum, a gallery, a baseball card store,
a game used equipment store, a baseball autograph store. It's everything. And
a lot of the stuff came from when the Dodgers honored me as a legend.
We got all of my stuff out of an attic and it was like
in storage and people weren't seeing it because we had just moved into a new
house a few years ago and I never really pulled it out of the boxes.
So the Dodgers put me in the legends and they're like, we want
to have a display. Can we get some of your memorabilias. So I
pull it all out, we give it to the Dodgers. They make a
display up there on the fifth floor by the offices. And now that display
has been gone down and my partners, who own a lot of memorabilia,
and their wives are probably saying, can we get rid of some of this
because it's taking over the house? Said, you know what, the people
should be seeing this. It shouldn't go back to your house. And I
go, you're right. So that's how portions of it became kind of a
museum. We have an in house relationship with Dave Hobrick, the world famous
artists. So it's a very nice place and I would appreciate if people come
by, because it's not necessarily about always you're going to buy something as much
as you're going to get to see and experience some great stuff. Legends,
Addict and Claremont. You can find it on six nineteen West Foothill Boulevard,
and you never know. You may show up and the Bulldog or all herscheizer
might be there. And you know, obviously we say memorabilia when it comes
to your personal items, but you left your arm on the mound at Dodgers
Stadium. I feel when I look at your trophies that that's a piece of
history. Do you look at it the same way? I guess yes,
I do. You know, the old you get, the more you capsulize
things that happened in your life. And in opening the store and having the
museum slash gallery there, I think it's all about the story. I think
that's why people want to go. That's why people own baseball cards, or
own memorabilia, or want to get an autograph ball, or want a painting
of a special moment. It reminds them of something. It's a memory of
a happy time, of a time when they rooted for things. We've had
a soft opening there in the last two days or so. We're not opening
to the public till June fourth, But one of the most talked about pieces
there is Kirk Gibson in the on deck circle, not hitting the home run
and actually be in the batter's box or having the ball land in the right
field pavilion, but Gibson getting ready. And the reason I've told our guys
is like, that's probably because that is the biggest impactful moment in their baseball
life as a fan. And so it really has kind of steered me in
how we need to flavor the store. And it's not just about favorite players.
It's not just about telling a story about a person. But it could
be an iconic moment, and Gibbie is cemented in everybody's mind because of that.
At bat no doubt orl Herscheizer is our guest. He is the proud
owner of not only a memorabilia shop, but certainly a museum of great items
like he just described legends Attic six' nineteen West Foothill Boulevard in Claremont,
California. When you talk about images, I still have the Herald Examiner the
day that you struck out Harold Howard Johnson to send the Dodgers to the World
Series. I feel like I've seen on your social media you may have a
piece of that moment. Yeah, I do. We we have themes in
the room, and I have a theme wall in the Dodger room of an
eight year old boy pictured which is me winning a contest when I was living
in Southfield, Mission and I was a throw, hit and run contest sponsored
by Persona Razor Blades. And we have that picture framed of me with the
trophies and the article that appeared I think in the Detroit Free Press. And
below that is the contract for three years seven point nine million dollars over three
years total for being the highest paid player in the game, and between that
eight year old and that highest paid player in the game contract is a guy
getting cut from his high school team till his junior year, guy getting cut
from his college team till his junior year. There's four and a half years
in the minor leagues as a seventeenth round draft pick. There's winter ball in
Arizona, two years Venezuela, Dominican Republic. There's reconstructive arm surgery after that
contract. There's just a lifetime of stories in between those two items, and
that's why they're together. Another portion of the room is four items together,
which is the moment you talked about, which is some people have called it
the first Tebow when I knelt down in front of the mound on our way
to the World Series beating the Mets. And then right below that is me
getting my World Series trophy and the ring that's in the box that I'm carrying,
and right below that is the cy Young that I got that day,
and right below that is Bill White, the National League President, giving me
the cy Young. So there's a theme and a story because it is all
about the story. Love it. You just gave us a little inside look
as far as the Tour of Legends Addict and Claremont ORL thanks a lot for
the time. We love you and we're so happy that you're still part of
this organization because you mean so much to it. Well, this is everything
that I do, Dave right now is really to give back. And even
though you want a business to be successful for your partners and for the people
that work there, it really is my good housekeeping seal of approval is to
make sure we're doing the right thing for the fans and the people. No
doubt, Orl's never forgot the fans. Thanks a lot, and we'll see
you later today on Sports and at LA. Hopefully the Dodgers get a win
on this Sunday Light the Bulldog use. Yeah, let's do it quick because
I have a charity event to go to for Clayton Kershaw. I'll let Eric
Carroll snow. Yeah, it'll be really nice. It'll be a quick game,
Eric, and you'll be fine. Hey, Brad Paisley's going to be
there, say hello, Oh really, Brad's gonna be there. I wonder
if he's going to play any music. You never know. I should bring
a harmonica or a guitar just so he makes sure he does, sounds good.
Oral, thanks a lot for the time you got it. You might
see Oral herscheizer at the Legends Addict in Claremont. It opens June fourth,