Orel Hershiser On ‘The Baseball Boogie’

I love “The Baseball Boogie.” I think it’s one of the highlights of 20th century America and I would be happy to include it in any time capsule sent into outer space for aliens to learn about our society. In fact, I even chose it as the greatest baseball anthem of all-time. I stand for what I believe in.

Today, Hershiser gave a little previously unknown info on The Boogie in an interview with David Brown of Big League Stew:

“When people started bringing it up to me again, I had forgotten that we got in trouble when we did that video. We arranged it and did it for charity, and I can’t remember who on the team arranged it, but the shoot was after a day game at home. And we did it, but it went until 1 or 2 in the morning, and Tommy Lasorda — who didn’t do the video — found out about it. Seventy-five percent of the team was in this studio until 2 in the morning doing this video.

I can even remember that Tommy brought us out early the next day, or maybe kept us late, and worked us out extra for two or three days. For Tommy, it was that “fake mad,” like, “We’re gonna build some team chemistry” over this.”

That’s right. Not only did the players make this video until 2 am, but they were then punished for doing it the next day. It’s a gift that keeps on giving.

For those that have yet to see the video, view it below:

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Orel Hershiser On ‘The Baseball Boogie’