Orel Hershiser Chevrolet Grand Opening! Feat. Miguel Rojas, Joe Davis, Joe Kelly & Dodgers Legends

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]I happened to get fortunate enough to accomplish my dream which was to be a big leaguer and then to world win a world championship. The other dream that was behind that was to become a businessman and that really came from my dad who was a serial entrepreneur and so I'm getting to live my dad's dream now which is to own businesses and to do the right thing. Uh he was very good at starting businesses and running them and having employees and people that were there they were happy with their job and being treated fairly. And that's what we want to do not only for the people that are here but but for the customers.

[00:00:32]>> And what kind of experiences do you hope to build for those that come into Chevrolet?

[00:00:37]>> I want to build smiles. I want to build satisfaction. I want to build people saying not only did I want to buy a car, but I wanted to have a great experience and I did. So when people leave here in a new car, in a used car, they're going to be smiling when people come in for service and they get their car serviced and they get it back on the road as quick as possible so they can go visit grandma or they can go drop the kids off at soccer practice or whatever they needed to do that they're smiling and it's back on the road in a hurry. And so my work ethic and what I had to do as an athlete, I can transfer that into this kind of business and really teach and inspire uh the people around me to do that.

[00:01:13]>> And you mentioned doing the right thing for the right community. Why is this the right time to do that?

[00:01:17]>> Well, the time is one thing. The community is another. So, you can't pick where you want your car dealership to be. You have to wait for one to be for sale. And so, when we met the people, Mark Smith and his family, uh, we had to convince them that we were the right people to buy because this is a legacy dealership. It's been here for decades.

[00:01:36]And so, that was important to us. As far as the time, the timing came up. We wish we could have done this 3 four years ago, but the timing came up that now it was available for the family and they were ready to transfer. And so we're really happy with them. The transition has been fantastic and uh the love affair with Chino and the Smith family is uh is real >> and to see the reception on grand reopening day. How does it feel to have it kind of come to fruition and see everyone come out?

[00:02:02]>> Yeah, today is exciting. Uh it's the culmination of a lot of work. uh the staff, my partner Eddie Alazad, uh his uncle Juan who did most of the painting and hanging of pictures, but to see the community come out and have smiles on their faces and be excited to have us and to know that that already existed, but to see the culmination of one big group, one big special day, uh that's really really special for me.

[00:02:25]>> With that, I'm going to pass it over to someone I think you may know, uh Mr. Oral Hersheiser himself.

[00:02:41]Hello, Chino.

[00:02:44]>> Hello, Inland Empire.

[00:02:46]>> Hello, Dodger fans.

[00:02:49]>> I need I need to look at this. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

[00:02:55]>> They didn't misspell it.

[00:02:58]>> This is an unbelievable time for me. Uh, it's one thing to win a world championship, right? And then it's one thing to do that in ' 88, but then to do it back to back years, huh? That's pretty special. I'd like to say three things about our chamber of commerce.

[00:03:13]We're catalyst for business growth. We help business grow. We're conveners of leaders and influencers. We bring leaders together and we're champ. Are we ready?

[00:03:20]>> 1 2 3.

[00:03:22]>> Congratulations and welcome to Cheto.

[00:03:33]Oh my goodness.

[00:03:36]Aren't >> those cameras getting >> bro? What a former teammate of yours do you want to see get a car from your dealership first?

[00:03:42]>> We have about five Dodgers that are driving our cars already. Um Jack Dryers, Miguel Roas, Will Klein.

[00:03:51]>> Uh who else? Dalton Rushing. Uh, I'm probably forgetting somebody, but uh, as far as the X Dodgers, yeah, they're going to hit me up for a car. I know, but I'm trying to get them into vets, but all of our hips and knees are gone, so I don't know if they can get in.

[00:04:06]>> They need trucks.

[00:04:07]>> There we go. There we go. Trucks it is.

[00:04:22]>> Woo.

[00:04:36]Thank you.

[00:04:37]>> Thank you.

[00:04:37]>> Say hi to the family.

[00:04:38]>> Hey everybody. Good to see you guys.

[00:04:40]It's been a long time. I'm going to come visit you guys soon.

[00:04:42]>> Yeah.

[00:04:44]>> What's up, Dodger fans?

[00:04:48]>> Oral, there's a lot of Joe Kelly fans.

[00:04:49]Uh, apparently I need to open up a car dealership. Make sure you guys come out.

[00:04:54]Um, but Oral and Eddie, congrats. Uh, Oral is one of my favorite. Before I really knew Oral, um, I was on the St. Louis Cardinals and I was sitting in the dugout one day. Um, and I think you saw one of my past starts or my he was there for, you know, my start. Um, and I was kind of struggling as a starter. Um, you know, it was just me and Oral. Oral came out. We had a conversation. Um and he he shot he uh showed me actually one thing um on the baseball that you know kind of helped propel myself um as a young player who didn't know what he was doing to a mediocre player who kind of knew what he was doing. So, uh, don't want to take up too much time, but, you know, thank you guys for coming out and, you know, make sure you go check out Chevrolet because not only is a good person, um, you know, he is a, a great figure around the community and does nothing but, you know, help everyone out whenever he can. So, thanks again, guys.

[00:05:52]>> Thank you, guys.

[00:05:55]For me, it's a it's a true honor to be here with you guys because uh um >> we can do we can do anything that we do on the field without the support that you guys bring every single day and that you guys showing up every every single time that a Dodger, a former Dodger um is doing something for the community.

[00:06:14]You always uh showing up and I want to say thank you to you guys for all that.

[00:06:18]And tomorrow, Eddie, I want to say thank you for the opportunity to be part of uh their family because uh I see moral as a mentor uh not just on the field because obviously I can learn about um how to be brave, how to be a bulldog, have that mentality on the field. And that's what you always want to do and want to have when you're playing baseball. but off the field in the community. Do things like this to make others happy is is what I want to be and what I want to do after I retire playing baseball. And that time she will come soon. And I just see uh Oro as a mentor on and off the field. And I want to say thank you and congratulations to you guys for everything that you guys done for the community.

[00:07:04]>> All right. Wow. Tino, this is amazing.

[00:07:11]Uh, so you guys know Oral as the pitcher and as the broadcaster. Now you know him as the guy smiling and waving with that big awesome smile. But I want to tell you about Oral, the person who I've gotten to know over the last decade. If I could tell you just one thing, it would be that my son's middle name is Oral.

[00:07:32]That's what I think of him. So, yes, you're getting the Sai Young pitcher.

[00:07:36]Yes, you're getting the award-winning broadcaster. But I want you to know, Chino, that you're getting one of the best people you possibly could. You're getting the most generous person that I've ever met. And you should be so proud. More than having pitcher Oral Hersheiser in your city, you have the person. You're so lucky to have him. All of us that know him are and now you guys can say the same thing.

[00:08:00]Or I love you, buddy. Congratulations, man.

[00:08:10]I'm not done yet. I'm hard to take the microphone from. Back up, old dog.

[00:08:17]But if there's one guy who I'll happily hand the microphone over to any day of the week, it's a Hall of Famer, a legend in this business, a legend in this city, in this city. Himeme Hartos.

[00:08:42]>> It is really a blessing for me to be here today because of Orin. I remember going back to the 70s, early 80s. I was able to greet him when he joined the major leagues with the Dodgers in Vero Beach and now I am here to witness this great great day.

[00:09:06]Congratulations to the city because they are getting a wonderful person, a great great great person in order for me. It is my pleasure to be here today and to see you all. They told me that the city has a very large large Hispanic population.

[00:09:50]Orl has been a very special friend of mine to the point that I call him Miko.

[00:09:58]So Orl the bulldog is Miko Orel. Congratulations.

[00:10:05]It's it's amazing to see so many people here. You are a wonderful person, a great friend. You are Miko.

[00:10:13]Congratulations again.

[00:10:28]On three. One, two, three.

[00:10:42]>> I was uh in 2014. I don't really remember much what went behind the the interaction, but I feel like I always see Oro as a as a legend, as a person that you really um um feel proud and and happy to be around, you know, especially when you walk to uh to Dodger camp and spring training for the first time and you see all these uh the these players and and then you becoming to see a little bit of the personality and how they carry themsel and you really start paying attention of people who you want to shape your kind of like personality and your career after. And he was always one of those guys, you know, uh because of like I said out there like his mentality, um his willingness to to be on the field and and to kind of like leave everything out there. Uh the passion that he played the way the game with uh that's what I remember the most about kind of like the first uh the first time I got to meet him. Yeah, I feel like Oro for me has been kind of uh that mentor in that in that in that part because uh it's really hard to kind of like pick his brain because he was a pitcher and he's always around pitchers when he's in camp in spring training or at at the stadium. But uh other than that, it's been uh it's been really nice opening the doors for me to kind of start learning a little bit of uh how the life after baseball is going to looks like. What advantage I can take um for me to be a interpre entrepreneur uh when I when I finish playing baseball and even if I'm a coach, I'm still like can serve the community and can do things for like for the community that kind of like love you when you play. So, uh I'm learning about from him. I'm asking the question that I can that I can ask and I'm just so happy that I can be his friend. It talks a lot about like the person that Oral is. And that's what you want to leave the game with with a legacy that whenever you have something that is important to you, good or bad, uh you have people out there that that can actually uh be there for you and kind of support you with everything that you've done. So, um, having all these personalities here, not just from from the past, but from the present and and the future, too. Uh, you see a a person that really cares about people. And that's what I want to have, you know. I want to have a leg a legacy where people can't really forget about the numbers and the home runs and the the place and the World Series. I just I just care about people remember me as a person.

[00:13:09]And whenever I have a a moment like this, I want them to be with me. And for them to say yes, I want to be there is the kind of person that that you that you like leave there uh after you retire from a baseball player.

[00:13:22]>> Do you are you in the market for a new Chevrolet by chance?

[00:13:24]>> Uh no. Oral and the company uh gave me one. So it's my second car. It's my family car while while I'm in the season. So that's why I really appreciate this uh um these things that or doing because he's not just helping like the community or him, but he's helping others to to start to uh to create a new um a new way of income or a new way of like seeing things. I've gotten to know Oral from working at Spectrum and we sat next to each other in the makeup chairs. I know that sounds weird, two guys in the makeup chairs, but when you're on TV, you couldn't have that shine. and I got to know him and I kind of fell in love with him as a person. You know, I was always in love as a baseball player because I love baseball. Watching him pitch. I wanted to be able to pitch like him and it's just amazing to actually, you know, meet him up close and personally and get to know him and it's been a fun journey because he's always doing things. He's always invited me to things. So, I'm very appreciative of our friendship.

[00:14:19]>> And Robert, you were part of the last Los Angeles team to pull out the keys.

[00:14:23]The Dodgers, of course, they have a chance to make history and do it this season. If you could give advice to these guys, I know they're already champions, they know the hunger, but if you could give any advice before, what would it be?

[00:14:32]>> Just enjoy the moment. Uh, and don't stress out. I think for us that three repeat was something that we really wanted to do. We want to be a part of history, you know, and be one of those teams. I think nowadays it's so hard with so much player movement, but I think the Dodgers Dodgers got better than last year. You know, it's just weird. You know, we kind of stayed put for those three years, but they got better each and every year. And then hopefully they can. I got to do something special. You know, nobody's going four in a row. I know three comes before four, but I just want to, you know, hope that they do the best they can and don't put the pressure on. Just enjoy it. Go out and play hard each and every day because these times are hard to come by.

[00:15:07]>> You mentioned kind of that championship chatter you guys have. What's kind of like that dynamic like there? And what have what kind of do you guys share now that you're kind of in your post place?

[00:15:17]>> You know, it's it's so weird. We always talk about the mental part of it. You know, people don't understand it's not just about the physical part. you know, he said, "What like you were the little things like what would you eat before a game? What would you do after a game?"

[00:15:29]You know, we like to share it. And at the end of the day, it was always, you know, what would we do mentally? How we would think about the game, how we would go through our process of getting ready for the game. And one of the things that I tell a lot of, you know, young adults, anybody, kids are playing this sport, visualization is the most important thing. You know, you have to visualize what you want to do. You got to visualize who you want to be. And then that just takes over your body. And that's what one of the things that Earl Earl and I would talk about. not Earl Earl and we would talk about visualization. You know, he think about it. He's visualizing what he can do for this community and the dealership. So, it's probably going to go in a great way because he's a true champion, a true champion in the