Post-retirement
Hershiser has served as a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers, and later in a front-office position with the same team, and as an analyst (both in print and in broadcasting) for ESPN.
In October 2005 Hershiser was a finalist to replace Jim Tracy as manager of the Dodgers, but instead opted to resign from his job as the Rangers pitching coach and join their front office as Executive Director. Grady Little was eventually hired by the Dodgers instead. As of October 2006 Hershiser was mentioned as a possible replacement for Ken Macha of the Oakland Athletics, however he was ultimately passed over for Bob Geren.
In early February 2006, after joining the front office of the Texas Rangers, Hershiser resigned from his Executive Director position. And on February 13, 2006, Hershiser announced he would be rejoining ESPN as a baseball analyst for Baseball Tonight and Wednesday Night Baseball. He and partner Dan Shulman switched to Monday Night Baseball in 2008. In conjunction with his duties at ESPN, Hershiser has been color commentator at the Little League World Series for several years, stating at least once that it is his favorite broadcasting assignment.
On March 4, 2010 Hershiser was named as the third man (with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan) on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball telecasts. On December 1, 2010 Hershiser, Bobby Valentine and Dan Shulman were named as ESPN's new Sunday Night Baseball crew for the 2011 MLB season.
Hershiser was involved with a group, that also included fellow former Dodger Steve Garvey, that became involved in the bidding process for the Dodgers when the team was up for sale in 2012. His group did not make it past the first round of the bidding.
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