Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission's video: Orel Hershiser Receives LASEC Sports Entertainment Ambassador Award of Excellence

The Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission (LASEC) hosted its 19th Annual LASEC Golf Classic at The Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades on Monday, May 7, 2018. Former Dodger World Series MVP and current commentator and analyst Orel Hershiser was honored with the prestigious LASEC Sports & Entertainment Ambassador Award of Excellence. Past recipients of the award include Al Michaels, Pam Shriver, Coach John Wooden, Bill Dwyre, Dick Enberg, Pat Haden, Sugar Ray Leonard, Eric Dickerson, Keith Jackson, Vin Scully, Wayne Gretzky, Verne Lundquist, Ed Goren, Jim Nantz, Phil Jackson and James Worthy. Orel Hershiser played 18 seasons in the Major Leagues, 13 with the Dodgers. He also played for the Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. He was a three time All-Star and in 1988 with the Dodgers he won the Cy Young Award and was the National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award winner and was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. He later pitched in two more World Series and earned the American League Championship Series MVP Award (the first player to have won the LCS MVP Award in both leagues). He ended his playing career with the Dodgers in 2000. After his retirement as a player, he briefly worked as a coach and team executive with the Texas Rangers before joining ESPN. Hershiser has two sons, Quinton and Jordan, and two stepchildren, Spencer and Sloane. He and his wife, Dana, reside in Las Vegas.