Los Angeles Dodgers color commentator Orel Hershiser accused the Houston Astros of cheating on live television during Friday night’s game in La La Land.
As every MLB fan knows, a league investigation determined that the Astros engaged in an illegal sign-stealing scandal during the 2017 and ’18 seasons. The Astros, of course, went on to win the 2017 World Series after defeating the Dodgers in a thrilling seven-game series.
Though the Dodgers responded with three NL pennants and two World Series championships (2020 and 2023), it’s understandably hard for the organization and fanbase to get over the fact that they were cheated out of a championship in 2017.
In the top of the third inning of Friday night’s game, Orel Hershiser accused the Astros of cheating after Cam Smith crushed a double off Ben Casparius:
“I don’t want to open an old wound,” Orel Hershiser said. “But in some ways, they’re swinging at these breaking balls like they know what is coming.”
"I don't want to open an old wound. But in some ways, they're swinging at these breaking balls like they know what is coming."
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 5, 2025
Orel Hershiser on the Astros during a big inning against the Dodgers. pic.twitter.com/15HeqcRLkc
The Astros crushed the Dodgers 18-1 in the first of a three-game series. The contest marked LA’s worst loss in the history of Dodger Stadium, which opened in 1962.
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Game 2 of the series goes tonight at 7:15 p.m. EST.
Orel Hershiser Played 13 Seasons With Dodgers
Hershiser spent his first 12 seasons with the Dodgers (1983 to 1994), leading them to a World Series championship in the 1988 season (he won his only Cy Young Award that season). A three-time All-Star, Hershiser returned to the Dodgers for his final MLB season in 2000.
